Mind, Language and Reality
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Mind, Language and Reality is a landmark collection of Hilary Putnam’s philosophical essays that helped shape contemporary debates in philosophy of mind, language, and metaphysics.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mind, Language and Reality Context triple: [Hilary Putnam, notableWork, Mind, Language and Reality]
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A.
Language and Mind
Language and Mind is a collection of influential essays by Noam Chomsky that explores the nature of language, human cognition, and their implications for philosophy and psychology.
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The Language of Thought
The Language of Thought is a seminal philosophical and cognitive science work by Jerry Fodor that argues for an innate, mental "language" underlying human thought and reasoning.
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C.
The Concept of Mind
The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
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Logic of Sense
Logic of Sense is a 1969 philosophical work by Gilles Deleuze that explores language, paradox, and the concept of sense through engagements with Stoicism, psychoanalysis, and literature.
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E.
God and Other Minds
"God and Other Minds" is a 1967 philosophical work by Alvin Plantinga that argues belief in God can be rationally justified in a way analogous to belief in other minds.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mind, Language and Reality Target entity description: Mind, Language and Reality is a landmark collection of Hilary Putnam’s philosophical essays that helped shape contemporary debates in philosophy of mind, language, and metaphysics.
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A.
Language and Mind
Language and Mind is a collection of influential essays by Noam Chomsky that explores the nature of language, human cognition, and their implications for philosophy and psychology.
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B.
The Language of Thought
The Language of Thought is a seminal philosophical and cognitive science work by Jerry Fodor that argues for an innate, mental "language" underlying human thought and reasoning.
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C.
The Concept of Mind
The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
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D.
Logic of Sense
Logic of Sense is a 1969 philosophical work by Gilles Deleuze that explores language, paradox, and the concept of sense through engagements with Stoicism, psychoanalysis, and literature.
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E.
God and Other Minds
"God and Other Minds" is a 1967 philosophical work by Alvin Plantinga that argues belief in God can be rationally justified in a way analogous to belief in other minds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical essay collection ⓘ |
| author | Hilary Putnam ⓘ |
| collectionType | selected essays ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| editor | Hilary Putnam ⓘ |
| field |
metaphysics
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philosophy of language ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| genre | philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Brains and Behavior
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Explanation and Reference ⓘ How Not to Talk about Meaning ⓘ Is Semantics Possible? ⓘ It Ain’t Necessarily So ⓘ Language and Reality ⓘ Minds and Machines ⓘ Other Minds ⓘ Philosophy of Logic ⓘ Psychological Predicates ⓘ From a Logical Point of View ⓘ
surface form:
The Analytic and the Synthetic
The Logic of Quantum Mechanics ⓘ The Meaning of Meaning ⓘ
surface form:
The Meaning of ‘Meaning’
The Mental Life of Some Machines ⓘ The Refutation of Conventionalism ⓘ The ‘Corroboration’ of Theories ⓘ Kleene strong three-valued logic ⓘ
surface form:
Three-Valued Logic
What Theories Are Not ⓘ |
| influenced |
analytic metaphysics
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contemporary philosophy of language ⓘ contemporary philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
functionalism
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meaning ⓘ mental states ⓘ metaphysical realism ⓘ realism ⓘ reference ⓘ semantics ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of behaviorism in philosophy of mind
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discussion of mental representation ⓘ formulation of semantic externalism ⓘ impact on debates about realism and anti-realism ⓘ |
| partOf | Philosophical Papers (Hilary Putnam) ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| publisher | Cambridge University Press ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | 1950s–1970s analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| volumeNumber | 1 ⓘ |
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