Contemporary Philosophy in Focus

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Contributors......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 13
1 Introduction......Page 15
I. CHANGE AND CONTINUITY......Page 16
Realism......Page 20
Externalism......Page 22
Philosophy of Mind: Functionalism and Beyond......Page 25
The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics......Page 26
The Fact/Value Dichotomy and Other Dualities......Page 27
Notes......Page 29
References......Page 30
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 31
2. EXTERNALISM CHARACTERIZED......Page 32
3. STRUCTURE AND AIMS OF “THE MEANING OF ‘MEANING’”......Page 33
4. EXTERNALISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOLOGY......Page 38
5. PUTNAM ON FREGE’S PSEUDO–ANTI-PSYCHOLOGY......Page 40
6. WHAT ABOUT THE CONTEXT PRINCIPLE?......Page 44
7. PUTNAM ON FREGE, CARNAP, AND QUINE......Page 50
8. PUTNAM AND DUMMETT ON FREGE: A CONTRAST......Page 53
Notes......Page 57
References......Page 62
3 The Face of Perception......Page 67
1. THE FACE OF MEANING......Page 68
2. RECOGNIZING AND CONCEIVING......Page 71
3. ARTICULATIONS......Page 74
4. OBJECTIVITY......Page 83
5. PERCEPTUAL ACHIEVEMENTS......Page 90
6. FACES......Page 94
Notes......Page 95
4 Realism, Beyond Miracles......Page 97
I. BACKGROUND: GENERAL REVISIBILITY AND THE CONTEXTUAL APRIORI......Page 100
II. FRAMEWORKS AND CONTEXTS OF REVISION......Page 101
III. THEORY-CHANGE AND CONTINUITY OF REFERENCE......Page 106
IV. ON NO MIRACLES AND (SOME) SCIENTIFIC REALISM......Page 112
V. WHY THE EXPLANATIONIST DEFENSE DOESN’T WORK......Page 116
VI. WHY THE EXPLANATIONIST DEFENSE COULDN’T WORK......Page 119
VII. PRAGMATIC REALISM......Page 121
Notes......Page 132
References......Page 136
INTRODUCTION......Page 139
I. REALISM AND EXPLANATION......Page 141
II. REALISM AND MEANING......Page 149
III. MEANING AND SKEPTICISM......Page 155
IV. MEANING AND NECESSITY......Page 160
Notes......Page 166
References......Page 168
6 The Tale of Quantum Logic......Page 170
PUTNAM’S FIRST THEORY......Page 172
PUTNAM’S SECOND THEORY......Page 191
Notes......Page 199
References......Page 200
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 202
2. THE FAILURE OF QUANTUM INTERPRETATIONS......Page 204
3. PUTNAM AGAINST INTERPRETATION......Page 206
4. RETURN TO THE QUANTUM STATE......Page 211
5. SCHROEDINGER’S CAT......Page 213
References......Page 215
ANOTHER PROBLEM OF REFERENCE......Page 217
QUIDDITY AND HAECCEITY......Page 218
STRUCTURAL REALISM......Page 221
THE CHAIN OF PHYSICAL STRUCTURES......Page 222
THE PUZZLE OF INDIVIDUALITY......Page 223
THE PUZZLE OF STRUCTURAL HIERARCHY......Page 224
BIOLOGICAL INDIVIDUALITY AND SOCIAL RELATIONS......Page 226
APPENDIX: PUTNAM ON PARTICLE NUMBER......Page 228
Notes......Page 230
References......Page 232
2. THE RISE OF COMPUTATIONAL FUNCTIONALISM......Page 234
2.1. The Analogy between Minds and Machines......Page 236
2.2. The Functional Nature of Mental States......Page 239
3. TROUBLES WITH FUNCTIONALISM......Page 247
3.1. Content, Computation and Twin-Earth......Page 248
3.2. The Realization Problem......Page 251
3.3. Why Functionalism Didn’t Work......Page 255
4. COGNITIVE SCIENCE......Page 256
Notes......Page 259
References......Page 261
10 The Pragmatic Turn: The Entanglement of Fact and Value......Page 265
Notes......Page 278
References......Page 279
Index......Page 281