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"The first two lectures place the alternative I defend -- a kind of pragmatic realism -- in a historical and metaphysical context. Part of that context is provided by Husserl's remark that the history of modern philosophy begins with Galileo -- that is, modern philosophy has been hypnotized by the idea that scientific facts are all the facts there are. Another part is provided by the analysis of a very simple example of what I call 'contextual relativity'. The position I defend holds that truth depends on conceptual scheme and it is nonetheless 'real truth'.
"In my third lecture I turn to the Kantian antecedents of this view, explaining what I think should be retained of the Kantian idea of autonomy as the central theme of morality, and extracting from Kant's work a 'moral image of the world' that connects the ideals of equality and intellectual liberty. In this lecture I defend the idea that moral images are an indispensible part of our moral and cultural heritage.
"In the final lecture I defend the idea of moral objectivity. I compare our epistemological positions in ethics, history, analysis of human character, and science, and I argue that in no area can we hope for a 'foundation' which is more ultimate than the beliefs that actually, at a given time, function as foundational in the area, the beliefs concerning which one has to say 'this is where my spade is turned'. In ethics such beliefs are represented in moral images of the world".
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- Title The Many Faces of Realism
- Author Hilary Putnam
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 112
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Open Court, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date 1999-03-05
- Features Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780812690439 / 0812690435
- Weight 0.39 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 8.98 x 6.24 x 0.28 in (22.81 x 15.85 x 0.71 cm)
- Reading level 1430
- Library of Congress subjects Philosophy
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 87007817
- Dewey Decimal Code 149.2
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