Philip Kitcher

Preludes to Pragmatism

Toward a Reconstruction of Philosophy

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Produktbeschreibung

In these essays, distinguished philosopher Philip Kitcher argues for a reconstruction of philosophy along the lines of classical Pragmatism

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 733g
• ISBN-13: 9780199899555
• ISBN-10: 019989955X
• Artikelnr.: 35482437

Autorenporträt

Philip Kitcher is a Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Importance of Dewey for Philosophy (and much else besides)
2. The Naturalists Return
3. Real Realism: The Galilean Strategy
4. On the Explanatory Role of Correspondence Truth.
5. Pragmatism and Realism: A Modest Proposal
6. Does 'Race' Have a Future?
7. Mathematical Truth?
8. Carnap and the Caterpillar
9. Philosophy Inside Out
10. A Pragmatist's Progress: The Varieties of James' Strategies for Defending Religion
11. Challenges for Secularism
12. Militant Modern Atheism
13. Naturalistic Ethics without Fallacies
14. The Hall of Mirrors
15. Education, Capitalism, and Democracy
16. Public Knowledge and its Discontents
17. Varieties of Altruism