| Description |
lxxiv, 347 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction / by James Conant -- Part I. Metaphysics -- 1. Realism with a human face -- 2. A defense of internal realism -- 3. After empiricism -- 4. Is water necessarily H2O? -- 5. Is the causal structure of the physical itself something physical? -- 6. Truth and convention -- 7. Why is a philosopher? -- 8. The craving for objectivity -- Part II. Ethics and aesthetics -- 9. Beyond the fact/value dichotomy -- 10. The place of facts in a world of values -- 11. Objectivity and the science/ethics distinction -- 12. How not to solve ethical problems -- 13. Taking rules seriously -- 14. Scientific liberty and scientific licence -- 15. Is there a fact of the matter about fiction? -- Part III. Studies in American philosophy -- 16. William James's ideas / with Ruth Anna Putnam -- 17. James's theory of perception -- 18. Peirce the logician -- 19. The way the World is -- 20. The greatest logical positivist -- 21. Meaning holism -- 22. Nelson Goodman's Fact, fiction and forecast |
| Analysis |
Realism |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographic references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Aesthetics.
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Ethics.
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Metaphysics.
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Philosophy, American.
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Realism.
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| Author |
Conant, James.
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| LC no. |
89078131 |
| ISBN |
0674749456 |
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0674749502 (alk. paper) |
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