Putnam, Hilary

"The world is not intrinsically divided into minds and physical objects."

"Realism is not the view that the world exists independently of all schemes of description."

"Truth is not correspondence to reality."

"We can have a rational picture of the world only if we are willing to question our intuitions."

"The notion of a mind-independent reality is incoherent."

"Conceptual schemes are neither more nor less revisable than our beliefs about the world."

"I am not a metaphysical realist about most kinds of objects."

"The problem of induction cannot be solved by deduction."

"Meaning is not in the head."

"Twin Earth cases show that content is not intrinsic to the organism."

"Externalism about mental content is the correct view."

"Scientific realism requires a robust notion of truth."

"The divide between analytical and continental philosophy is unfortunate."

"Pragmatism offers insights that neither realism nor idealism can match."

"We should not assume that reality has a fixed metaphysical structure."

"Language does not mirror reality; it interprets it."

"The success of science does not require metaphysical realism."

"Internal realism is a viable alternative to metaphysical realism."

"Our concepts shape what we can know about the world."

"The fact-value distinction is not as sharp as it seems."

"Moral realism is compatible with the rejection of metaphysical realism."

"We need a new philosophy of science that avoids both realism and anti-realism."

"The brain in a vat argument does not establish skepticism."

"Reference is not determined by internal properties of the mind."

"We cannot escape our conceptual schemes to compare them to the world as it is in itself."

"Objective truth is still possible even if we reject metaphysical realism."

"The unity of science is not a given; it must be justified."

"Quantum mechanics shows that reality is not classically structured."

"The hard problem of consciousness may not have a solution."

"Artificial intelligence raises genuine philosophical questions about the mind."