Reconceptions in Philosophy and Other Arts and Sciences

Nelson Goodman, Catherine Z. Elgin

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Author
Nelson Goodman, Catherine Z. Elgin
Publish Date
1988-04-15
Book Type
Hardcover
Number of Pages
174
Publisher Name
Hackett Publishing
Edition
First Edition
ISBN-10
0872200523
ISBN-13
9780872200524
citemno
050537
SKU
9780872200524

Description

"The authors argue against certain philosophical distinctions between art and science; between verbal and nonverbal meaning; and between the affective and the cognitive. The book continues Goodman's argument against one traditional mode of philosophizing which privileges the notions of 'truth' and 'knowledge'. Hence, the book is in a broadly pragmatic tradition. It also deals in detail with such topics as meaning in architecture and the concept of 'variation' in art, and contains a superb critique of some important views in contemporary epistemology. This work will be savored even by those who will not accept all aspects of Goodman and Elgin's approach. Essential for all undergraduate philosophy collections." --Stanley Bates, Choice