Putting philosophy to work
Subtitle: inquiry and its place in culture : essays on science, religion, law, literature, and life
By: Susan Haack.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781591025283
Subjects: Philosophy
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Staying for an answer : fallibilism, objectivity, and the new cynicism; title: The same, only different; title: The unity of truth and the plurality of truths; title: Coherence, consistency, cogency, congruity, cohesiveness : remain calm! don't go overboard!; title: Not cynicism but synechism : lessons from classical pragmatism; title: Science, economics, "vision"; title: The integrity of science : what it means, why it matters; title: Scientific secrecy and "spin" : the sad, sleazy story of the trials of remune; title: Truth and justice, inquiry and advocacy, science and law; title: Trial and error : the Supreme court's philosophy of science; title: An epistemologist among the epidemiologists; title: Naturalism and the supernatural, fallibilism and faith, science and religion; title: The ideal of intellectual integrity, in life and literature; title: After my own heart : Dorothy Sayers' feminism; title: Worthwhile lives; title: Why I am not an Ooxy Moron; title: Formal philosophy : a plea for pluralism.