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Illustrato con esempi tratti dalla storia della scienza, questo approccio a note questioni sull'evidenza e sui metodi scientifici affronta interrogativi vitali riguardanti la scienza e il suo posto nella società. Scrivendo con umorismo e stile diretto, la Haack traghetta i lettori al di là delle "guerre scientifiche" verso una comprensione del valore, e dei limiti, dell'impresa scientifica.

Morris R. Cohen once described pragmatism as "a philosophy for people who cannot think", and Bertrand Russell feared that pragmatism would lead philosophy into "cosmic impiety." Nothing could be further from the truth. Pragmatism was one of the most fruitful philosophical movements of the late nineteenth century, and has continued to be a significant influence on some of the major figures in philosophy - F. P. Ramsey, W. V. Quine, Sidney Hook,...

Haack's book has established an international reputation for its clarity, thorough scholarship and careful analyses.

This engaging and wide-ranging collection of essays is informed and unified by the conviction that philosophy can, and should, engage with real-world issues. Susan Haack's keen analytical skills and well-chosen illustrations illuminate a diverse range of cultural questions, and her direct style and wry sense of humor make complex ideas and subtle distinctions accessible to serious readers whatever their discipline or particular interests. Putt...

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Susan Haack brings her distinctive work in theory of knowledge and philosophy of science to bear on real-life legal issues.

Susan Haack brings her distinctive work in theory of knowledge and philosophy of science to bear on real-life legal issues.

This volume includes, besides the original text of Deviant Logic, five papers on related topics, including two in fuzzy logic, and a supplementary bibliography of selected material published since the appearance of the first edition of the book in 1974.

Sweeping in scope, penetrating in analysis, and generously illustrated with examples from the history of science, this new and original approach to familiar questions about scientific evidence and method tackles vital questions about science and its place in society. Avoiding the twin pitfalls of scientism and cynicism, noted philosopher Susan Haack argues that, fallible and flawed as they are, the natural sciences have been among the most suc...

∗ A distinguished author who advances a major new theory. ∗ A provocative critical discussion of recent critiques of epistemology. ∗ `Pragmatist′ approach is experiencing a big revival in US.

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Described by Hilary Putnam as "both a fine introduction and a significant contribution" to epistemology, and by Anthony Quinton as "at once comprehensive ... and judicious, " Evidence and Inquiry is unique both in its scope and in its originality. C. I. Lewis's foundationalism, BonJour's and Davidson's coherentism, Popper's critical rationalism, Quine's naturalism, and Rorty's, Stich's, and Churchland's anti-epistemological neopragmatism all c...

PrefaceIntroduction 1: Confessions of an Old-Fashioned Prig 2: "We Pragmatists ...": Peirce and Rorty in Conversation 3: As for that phrase "studying in a literary spirit" ... 4: "Dry Truth and Real Knowledge": Epistemologies of Metaphor and Metaphors of Epistemology 5: Puzzling Out Science 6: Science as Social? - Yes and No 7: Knowledge and Propaganda: Reflections of an Old Feminist 8: Multiculturalism and Objectivity 9: Reflections on Relati...

Sweeping in scope, penetrating in analysis, and generously illustrated with examples from the history of science, this new and original approach to familiar questions about scientific evidence and method tackles vital questions about science and its place in society. Avoiding the twin pitfalls of scientism and cynicism, noted philosopher Susan Haack argues that, fallible and flawed as they are, the natural sciences have been among the most suc...