Putnam says that the same reality can be described as three objects or as seven objects. Is he assuming that reality is there to be described even before we describe it? If he is, then is he also...

Putnam says that the same reality can be described as three objects or as seven objects. Is he assuming that reality is there to be described even before we describe it? If he is, then is he also assuming that reality exists independently of our descriptions and our language, just as the realist says it does? In other words, is he assuming that reality and its features exist even before we describe them with our language?