Evidence and Inquiry
A Pragmatist Reconstruction of Epistemology
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- Paperback
425 pages
- Release Date
29 March 2009
Summary
Described by Hilary Putnam as ‘both a fine introduction and a significant contribution’ to epistemology, and by Anthony Quinton as ‘at once comprehensive …and judicious’, “Evidence and Inquiry” is unique both in its scope and in its originality. C I Lewis’ foundationalism, Bonjour’s and Davidson’s coherentism, Popper’s critical rationalism, Quine’s naturalism, and Rorty’s, Stich’s, and Churchland’s anti-epistemological neopragmatism all come under Haack’s uniquely thorough critical scrutiny. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781591026891 |
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| ISBN-10: | 159102689X |
| Author: | Susan Haack |
| Publisher: | Prometheus Books |
| Imprint: | Prometheus Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 425 |
| Edition: | Expanded ed |
| Release Date: | 29 March 2009 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 13mm |
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About The Author
Susan Haack
Susan Haack (Coral Gables, FL) is Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts and Sciences, professor of philosophy, and professor of law at the University of Miami. She is the author of numerous highly acclaimed books, including Defending Science-Within Reason; Philosophy of Logics; Evidence and Inquiry; Deviant Logic, Fuzzy Logic: Beyond the Formalism; and Manifesto of a Passionate Moderate: Unfashionable Essays; and the editor of Pragmatism, Old and New. She is one of the handful of living philosophers in Peter King’s 100 Philosophers: The Life and Work of the World’s Greatest Thinkers, and she was included in the Sunday Independent’s 2005 list of the ten most important women philosophers of all time.
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