Renewing Philosophy (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Hilary Putnam
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Philosophy and science
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Science and technology
- Subjects: Culture, Language or languages, Religion, Criticism, Aztecs, Computers, Artificial intelligence, Life sciences
Scientism is the position that the only source of real knowledge about humans and the universe in which they live is the physical sciences. Hilary Putnam calls this doctrine “one of the most dangerous contemporary intellectual tendencies” and said in 1983 that the critique of it “is a duty for a philosopher who views his enterprise as more than a purely technical discipline.” In the first two-thirds of Renewing Philosophy Putnam discharges his self- imposed duty. He does so by focusing on recent attempts by philosophers to provide a wholly scientific account...
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