Realism with a human face / Hilary Putnam ; edited by James Conant
1990, 1st edition. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #424570
ISBN: 0674749502
Physical description; lxxiv, 347 pages ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1. Metaphysics. Realism with a human face -- A defense of internal realism -- After empiricism -- Is water necessarily H2O? -- Is the causal structure of the physical itself something physical? -- Truth and convention -- Why is a philosopher? -- The craving for objectivity. 2. Ethics and aesthetics. Beyond the fact/value dichotomy -- The place of facts in a world of values -- Objectivity and the science/ethics distinction -- How not to solve ethical problems -- Taking rules seriously -- Scientific liberty and scientific license -- Is there a fact of the matter about fiction? 3. Studies in American philosophy. William James's ideas -- James's theory of perception -- Peirce the logician -- The way the world is -- The greatest logical positivist -- Meaning holism -- Nelson Goodman's Fact, Fiction, and Forecast.
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