Realism in Multiple Facets (Contemporary World Academic Classics·Philosophy Series)

Author: (USA) Putnam
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Publish Date: 2005-12-02
Features: This is a collection of four lectures. In the first two lectures, Putnam points out the absurdity and contradictions of metaphysical realism and its various familiar variants, defending the view of internal realism (also known as pragmatic realism). In the last two lectures, the author argues for the position of pragmatic realism in ethics by focusing on some moral images, defending the idea that moral images are an indispensable part of our moral and cultural heritage and the objectivity of morality.