Hilary Putnam is one of the world's leading philosophers. His work has made enormous contributions to a rich variety of philosophical topics and debates. Reading Putnam is essential reading for students studying philosophy of mind, language and philosophy of science, and anyone interested in twentieth century philosophy.

Introduction: A life in Philosophy, Maria Baghramian Prologue: From Quantum Mechanics to Ethics and Back Again, Hilary Putnam Part 1: The Enigma of Realism 1. What of Pragmatism with the World Here?, Richard Boyd 2. Hilary and Me: Tracking down Putnam on the Realism Issue, Michael Devitt 3. Putnam and the Philosophical Appeal to Common Sense,David Macarthur Part 2: On What There Is 5. Putnam vs. Quine on Revisability and the Analytic-Synthetic Distinction, Axel Mueller 6. Putnam on Existence and Ontology, Charles Parsons 7. Some Sources of Putnam's Pluralism, Russell Goodman 8. Physics and Narrative, David Albert 9. Hilary Putnam's Moral Philosophy, Ruth Anna Putnam Part 3: Perception 10. Some Remarks on Externalism, Tyler Burge 11. Wittgenstein and Qualia, Ned Block 12. Affording us the World, Charles Travis 13. Concepts in Perceptual Experience: Putnam and Travis, John McDowell Part 4: An Epilogue 14. On Nietzschean Perfectionism, Stanley Cavell. Index