Hilary Putnam - Aristotle after Wittgenstein

Hilary Putnam's 1993 article 'Aristotle after Wittgenstein' was published in Modern Thinkers and Ancient Thinkers (ed. Robert W. Shaples) and then reprinted in his collection Words and Life (e. James Conant). It's a fun exploration of whether the Aristotelian account of form can help us give a reductive theory of reference, with some side-reflections about the Wittgenstein of the Tractatus thrown in. Putnam's answer, by the way, is no. Victor Gijsbers teaches philosophy at Leiden University in the Netherlands. This video is part of an ongoing look at various philosophical papers:    • Philosophical Papers