Author:
Putnam, Hilary.
Imprint:Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1975.
Descriptionxvii, 457 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:Includes index.
Note:Language and philosophy -- The analytic and the synthetic -- Do true assertions correspond to reality? -- Some issues in the theory of grammar -- The "innateness hypothesis" and explanatory models in linguistics -- How not to talk about meaning -- Review of The Concept of a Person -- Is semantics possible? -- The refutation of conventionalism -- Reply to Gerald Massey -- Explanation and reference -- The meaning of "meaning" -- Language and reality -- Philosophy and our mental life -- Dreaming and "depth grammar" -- Brains and behavior -- Other minds -- Minds and machines -- Robots: machines or artificially created life? -- The mental life of some machines -- The nature of mental states -- Logical positivism and the philosophy of mind.
Bibliography Note:Bibliography: p. 452-455.
