Nelson Goodman s disparate writings are often written about only
within their own particular discipline, such that the epistemology
is discussed in contrast to others epistemology, the aesthetics is
contrasted with more traditional aesthetics, and the ontology and
logic is viewed in contrast to both other contemporary philosophers
and to Goodman s historical predecessors. This book argues that
that is not an adequate way to view Goodman. The separate
disciplines of ontology, epistemology, and aesthetics should be
viewed as sequential steps within his thought, such that each
provides the ground rules for the next section and, furthermore,
providing the reasons for limitations on the terms available to the
subsequent writing(s). This is true not merely because this is the
general chronology of his writing, but more importantly because
within his metaphysics lies Goodman s basic nominalist ontology and
logic, and it is upon those principles that he builds his
epistemology and, furthermore, it is the sum of both the
metaphysics and the epistemology, with the nominalist principle as
the guiding force, which constructs the aesthetics. At the end of
each section of this book, the consequent limitations imposed on
his terms and concepts available to him are explicated, such that,
by the end of the book, the book delineates the constraints imposed
upon the aesthetics by both the metaphysics and the
epistemology.
This book will benefit not only the professionals in the field
of philosophy, but will also help both graduate and upper level
undergraduate students understand Goodman s disparate writings
within their proper context, and hopefully will also encourage them
to view philosophical thinking in a less truncated and
departmentalized way."
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