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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822525903321

Autore

Putnam Hilary

Titolo

Renewing philosophy / / Hilary Putnam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1992

ISBN

0-674-04238-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

100

Soggetti

Philosophy

Philosophy and science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the Gifford lectures delivered at the University of St. Andrews in fall, 1990.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-225) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface The Project of Artificial Intelligence Does Evolution Explain Representation? A Theory of Reference Materialism and Relativism Bernard Williams and the Absolute Conception of the World Irrealism and Deconstruction Wittgenstein on Religious Belief Wittgenstein on Reference and Relativism A Reconsideration of Deweyan Democracy Notes Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work contests the view that only science offers an appropriate model for philosophical inquiry. Covering topics that range from artificial intelligence to natural selection, it identifies the problems encountered when philosophy ignores the normative or attempts to reduce it to something else.