Existence and Knowledge

Existence and Knowledge

The Intredisciplinary Foundations of Hilary Putnam’s Moral Realism

Document Type : Review Article

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1 Master's degree in Moral Philosophy, Department of Moral Philosophy, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran.
2 Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran.
3 Associate Professor, Faculty of Literature and Foreign Languages, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
Abstract
Although one of the main components of Putnam’s thoughts has been realism, but he accepted and criticized species of realism in procedure of his philosophical work and a realistic rotation is evident in his thought. And Putnam’s realism leads to a non-ontological perspective and at the same time cognitivist, and in some cases the adoption of objectivity without objects on the properties and statements. Putnam essentially has a pragmatic approach; since all the sciences have practical effects and realistic look to them is necessary and useful and we can’t ignore the realities of these branches of human knowledge, so must think realistically about them. In this paper we analyze and report Putnam's arguments in the fields of mathematics and science, mind and language. In other words, the description is focused on philosophical grounds of Putnam’s thoughts, namely the ideas that led to adjustments and changes in Putnam's realist thinking. On this basis, it is claimed that Putnam defends a form of immanent moral realism.
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