Philosophy in an Age of Science: Physics, Mathematics, and Skepticism - Couverture rigide

Putnam, Hilary

 
9780674050136: Philosophy in an Age of Science: Physics, Mathematics, and Skepticism
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0674050134 ISBN 13 : 9780674050136
Editeur : Harvard University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Hilary Putnam's unceasing self-criticism has led to the frequent changes of mind he is famous for, but his thinking is also marked by considerable continuity. A simultaneous interest in science and ethics - unusual in the current climate of contention - has long characterized his thought. In "Philosophy in an Age of Science", Putnam collects his papers for publication - his first volume in almost two decades. Mario De Caro and David Macarthur's introduction identifies central themes to help the reader negotiate between Putnam past and Putnam present: his critique of logical positivism; his enduring aspiration to be realist about rational normativity; his anti-essentialism about a range of central philosophical notions; his reconciliation of the scientific worldview and the humanistic tradition; and his movement from reductive scientific naturalism to liberal naturalism. Putnam returns here to some of his first enthusiasms in philosophy, such as logic, mathematics, and quantum mechanics. The reader is given a glimpse, too, of ideas currently in development on the subject of perception. Putnam's work, contributing to a broad range of philosophical inquiry, has been said to represent a "history of recent philosophy in outline." Here it also delineates a possible future.

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À propos de l?auteur

Hilary Putnam is Cogan University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. Mario De Caro is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Universita Roma Tre. David Macarthur is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Sydney.

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Éditeur
Harvard University Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0674050134
ISBN 13 
9780674050136
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
672
Éditeur
De Caro Mario, Macarthur David
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