Realism with a Human Face

Edited by James Conant

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$43.50 • £34.95 • €39.00

ISBN 9780674749450

Publication Date: 03/01/1992

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422 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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PHILOSOPHY: General

Introduction [James Conant]
I. Metaphysics
- 1. Realism with a Human Face
  - A. Realism
  - B. Relativism
- 2. A Defense of Internal Realism
- 3. After Empiricism
- 4. Is Water Necessarily H2O?
- 5. Is the Causal Structure of the Physical Itself Something Physical?
- 6. Truth and Convention
- 7. Why Is a Philosopher?
- 8. The Craving for Objectivity
II. Ethics and Aesthetics
- 9. Beyond the Fact/Value Dichotomy
- 10. The Place of Facts in a World of Values
- 11. Objectivity and the Science/Ethics Distinction
- 12. How Not to Solve Ethical Problems
- 13. Taking Rules Seriously
- 14. Scientific Liberty and Scientific License
- 15. Is There a Fact of the Matter about Fiction?
III. Studies in American Philosophy
- 16. William James’s Ideas [with Ruth Anna Putnam]
- 17. James’s Theory of Perception
- 18. Peirce the Logician
- 19. The Way the World Is
- 20. The Greatest Logical Positivist
- 21. Meaning Holism
- 22. Nelson Goodman’s Fact, Fiction, and Forecast
Notes
Credits
Index

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