From Library Journal
The book comprises 29 essays, including four appearing for the first time and about half of the rest first published in the 1990s. Throughout, Putnam (Renewing Philosophy, LJ 11/1/92) has in mind the difference between respecting science and accepting materialist ideology. Specifically, he argues against metaphysical realism, the fact/value and fact/convention dichotomies, and reducing intentionality to physics or regarding it as a mere illusion, and for the connection between truth and justification. The four new essays concern Reichenbach's arguments against the incorrigibility of phenomenal statements, a Deweyian pragmatist defense of ethical objectivity, mathematical necessity, and metaphysical realism and the relation between language and reality. Putnam writes with his usual clarity and vigor. For all major philosophy collections.
Robert Hoffman, York Coll., CUNY
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Robert Hoffman, York Coll., CUNY
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
