Putnam at 80

Just back from the great PutnamFest at UCD in Dublin! One of the many highlights was a roundtable discussion on externalism with Putnam, Kripke and Burge (and Devitt as chair). Unfortunately, all of the three denied that they are externalists -- or at least they did not like to refer to themselves as "externalists". But the crucial question is: Is it up to them to decide who is an externalist and who isn't? One probably could make a case that they count as experts on the subject and so we, the simple-minded folk, just have to defer....:-)
Here I have some pictures from the event. On the first, you can see Kripke in full action
(from left to right: Devitt, Putnam, Kripke, Burge):


On the second, Putnam and Kripke are arguing about relative identity (probably):