Realism with a Human Face

Realism with a Human Face
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 426
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ISBN-10 : 0674749456
ISBN-13 : 9780674749450
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Book Synopsis Realism with a Human Face by : Hilary Putnam

Download or read book Realism with a Human Face written by Hilary Putnam and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of America's great philosophers says the time has come to reform philosophy. Putnam calls upon philosophers to attend to the gap between the present condition of their subject and the human aspirations that philosophy should and once did claim to represent. His goal is to embed philosophy in social life.


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