Twin Earth Chronicles: Twenty Years of Reflection on Hilary Putnam's the "Meaning of Meaning"

Contributor(s): Pessin, Andrew (Author), Goldberg, Sanford (Author)

ISBN: 9781563248733

Publisher: Routledge

Hardcover

$235.00

Pub Date: May 31, 1996

Dewey: 149.94

LCCN: 95-10001

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: 18 to 18

Physical Info: 1.48" H x 12.66" L x 4.18" W ( 1.75 lbs) 432 pages

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Description: In 1975, Putnam published a paper called "The Meaning of 'Meaning'", which challenged the orthodox view in the philosophies of language and mind. The article's "Twin Earth" conclusions about meaning, thought and knowledge were shocking. This work contains writings on the subject of "Twin Earth".