Download or read book Philosophical Papers: Volume 3, Realism and Reason written by Hilary Putnam and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1983-04-29 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third volume of Hilary Putnam's philosophical papers, published in paperback for the first time. The volume contains his major essays from 1975 to 1982, which reveal a large shift in emphasis in the 'realist' position developed in his earlier work. While not renouncing those views, Professor Putnam has continued to explore their epistemological consequences and conceptual history. He now, crucially, sees theories of truth and of meaning that derive from a firm notion of reference as inadequate.