Hilary Putnam / edited by Yemima Ben-Menahem.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Putnam's "The meaning of 'meaning'" : externalism in historical context / Juliet Floyd -- The face of perception / Charles Travis -- Realism, beyond miracles / Axel Mueller, Arthur Fine -- Putnam on skepticism / Yemima Ben-Menahem -- The tale of quantum logic / Tim Maudlin -- Another philosopher looks at quantum mechanics, or what quantum theory is not / Nancy Cartwright -- Structural realism and contextual individuality / John Stachel -- The rise and fall of computational functionalism / Oron Shagrir -- The pragmatic turn : the entanglement of fact and value / Richard J. Bernstein.

This volume appraises the major philosophical contributions of Hilary Putnam (born 1926) to the theory of meaning, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and mathematics, and moral theory. Concerned not only with the broad spectrum of problems addressed, it also details the transformations and restructuring his positions have undergone over the years. The analysis constitutes a critical introduction to central issues in contemporary philosophy, including quantum logic, realism, functionalism, the "mind as computer" metaphor, and the fact/value dichotomy.