Research Catalog

Title

The threefold cord : mind, body, and world / Hilary Putnam.

Author

Putnam, Hilary.

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, [1999], ©1999.

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Description

xii, 234 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

• "What is the relationship between our perceptions and reality? What is the relationship between the mind and the body? These are questions with which philosophers have grappled for centuries, and they are topics of considerable contemporary debate as well. Hilary Putnam expounds upon these issues, elucidating both the strengths and weaknesses of current schools of thought. With his characteristic wit and acuity.
• Putnam offers refreshing solutions to some of philosophy's most vexing problems."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

The John Dewey essays in philosophy ; no. 5

Uniform Title

John Dewey essays in philosophy ; no. 5.

Subject

• Perception (Philosophy)
• Mind and body

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. sense, nonsense, and the senses: an inquiry into the powers of the human mind. lecture 1. the antinomy of realism. lecture 2. the importance of being austin: the need for a "second naivete" lecture 3. the face of cognition -- 2. mind and body. lecture 1. "i thought of what i called 'an automatic sweetheart'" lecture 2. are psychological conditions "internal states"? lecture 3. psychophysical correlation -- 3. afterwords. first afterword. causation and explanation. second afterword. are appearances "qualia"?

ISBN

0231102860 (alk. paper)

LCCN

99038458

OCLC

• 41944592
• ocm41944592
• SCSB-3838874

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries