From Library Journal
By criticizing some theses of cognitive science and evolutionary theory, noted Harvard philosopher Putnam tries to show that present-day science does not provide an adequate metaphysics. He then examines Williams's metaphysically materialist view of the world and argues that the attempt to eliminate the normative in favor of a scientific account of how things "really are" is misguided. Putnam then dismisses a variety of relativisms and realisms. He concludes by considering Wittgenstein on religious belief and Dewey on democracy and finds that philosophical reflection that sympathetically examines forms of life not our own or that honestly probes our professed commitments can dissolve prejudices and thereby encourage us to consider possibilities we did not hitherto recognize. A clear, stimulating, and compact discussion that should be part of every major philosophy library.
- Robert Hoffman, York Coll.,
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- Robert Hoffman, York Coll.,
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
