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Harvard Book Store is proud to present Hilary Putnam as its featured scholar. Hilary Putnam is the Cogan University Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University.
Professor Putnam has written extensively on the philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of natural science, philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mind. His position on the nature of truth and justification -- which he calls "internal realism," or more recently, "pragmatic realism," -- has become a widely discussed alternative to both traditional metaphysical kinds of realism and post-modernist skepticism. In recent years, his interests have centered on the relations between scientific and non-scientific knowledge. He currently teaches courses on moral realism, epistemology, theories of truth, and the philosophies of the later Wittgenstein and the American Pragmatists. His most recent book is The Threefold Cord: Mind, Body, and World.
Harvard Book Store is proud to present Hilary Putnam as its featured scholar. Hilary Putnam is the Cogan University Professor in the 
position on the nature of truth and justification -- which he calls "internal realism," or more recently, "pragmatic realism," -- has become a widely discussed alternative to both traditional metaphysical kinds of realism and post-modernist skepticism. In recent years, his interests have centered on the relations between scientific and non-scientific knowledge. He currently teaches courses on moral realism, epistemology, theories of truth, and the philosophies of the later Wittgenstein and the American Pragmatists. His most recent book is 
