| Reason, Truth and History Contributor(s): Putnam, Hilary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521297761 ISBN-13: 9780521297769 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $26.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1981 Annotation: 'This is a timely book, with penetrating discussion of issues very much in the forefront of the contemporary philosophy. Despite the prominence of negative arguments it contains much to contribute positively to our understanding of what is needed for a conception of rationality and objectivity that covers ethics and value theory generally as well as physics.' |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Epistemology - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 121 |
| LCCN: 81006126 |
| Series: Philosophical Papers (Cambridge) |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.49" W x 8.21" (0.62 lbs) 236 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hilary Putnam deals in this book with some of the most fundamental persistent problems in philosophy: the nature of truth, knowledge and rationality. His aim is to break down the fixed categories of thought which have always appeared to define and constrain the permissible solutions to these problems. |