Realism in Multiple Facets

Author: (USA) Putnam
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: This is a collection of four speeches. In the first two speeches, Putnam pointed out the absurdity and self-contradictions of metaphysical realism and its various familiar variants, defending the view of internal realism (also known as pragmatic realism). In the last two speeches, the author argues for the view 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.