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James Conant
Researcher at University of Chicago
Publications - 44
Citations - 1659
James Conant is an academic researcher from University of Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Analytic philosophy & Pragmatism. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 43 publications receiving 1595 citations. Previous affiliations of James Conant include Leipzig University & University of Pittsburgh.
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Realism with a human face
Hilary Putnam,James Conant +1 more
TL;DR: Hilary Putnam as mentioned in this paper argues that science is not in the business of describing a ready-made world, and philosophy should not be in that business either, and argues for pluralism, for a philosophy that is not a closed systematic method but a human practice connected to real life.
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Words and life
Hilary Putnam,James Conant +1 more
TL;DR: Putnam's "Words and Life" as discussed by the authors offers an account of the sources of several of the central problems of philosophy, past and present, and why some of those problems are not going to go away.
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Wittgenstein on Meaning and Use
TL;DR: In this paper, a colloque consacre a l'essai de Wittgenstein sur "La certitude" is described, and l'interpretation proposed by M. McGinn is examined.