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| Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Haack, Susan. Putting philosophy to work. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2008 (OCoLC)647267938 |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Susan Haack |
| ISBN: | 9781591025283 1591025281 |
| OCLC Number: | 137244782 |
| Description: | 264 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Staying for an answer : the untidy process of groping for truth -- The same, only different -- The unity of truth and the plurality of truths -- Coherence, consistency, cogency, congruity, cohesiveness, &c. : remain calm! don't go overboard! -- Not cynicism, but synechism : lessons from classical pragmatism -- Science, economics, "vision" -- The integrity of science : what it means, why it matters -- Scientific secrecy and "spin" : the sad, sleazy story of the trials of remune -- Truth and justice, inquiry and advocacy, science and law -- Trial and error : the Supreme Court's philosophy of science -- An epistemologist among the epidemiologists -- Fallibilism and faith, naturalism and the supernatural, science and religion -- The ideal of intellectual integrity, in life and literature -- After my own heart : Dorothy Sayers's feminism -- Worthwhile lives -- Why I am not an oxymoron -- Formal philosophy? : a plea for pluralism. |
| Responsibility: | Susan Haack. |
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Abstract:
Presents a collection of essays which offer applied philosophy and analyses of vital issues about science, society, religion, law, literature, and also what makes a life meaningful.
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