Putting philosophy to work : inquiry and its place in culture : essays on science, religion, law, literature, and life / Susan Haack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haack, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

264 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2008.

Summary:

This wide-ranging collection of Haack's new and recent essays offers applied philosophy in a new key and a fresh voice -- subtle, penetrating analyses of vital issues about science, society, religion, law, literature, even about what makes a life meaningful.

Contents:

Staying for an answer : the untidy process of groping for truth

The same, only different

The unity of truth and the plurality of truths

Coherence, consistency, cogency, congruity, cohesiveness, &c. : remain calm! don't go overboard!

Not cynicism, but synechism : lessons from classical pragmatism

Science, economics, "vision"

The integrity of science : what it means, why it matters

Scientific secrecy and "spin" : the sad, sleazy story of the trials of remune

Truth and justice, inquiry and advocacy, science and law

Trial and error : the Supreme Court's philosophy of science

An epistemologist among the epidemiologists

Fallibilism and faith, naturalism and the supernatural, science and religion

The ideal of intellectual integrity, in life and literature

After my own heart : Dorothy Sayers's feminism

Worthwhile lives

Why I am not an oxymoron

Formal philosophy? : a plea for pluralism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781591025283

1591025281

OCLC:

137244782