"Of Mind and Other Matters" displays perhaps more vividly than any
one of Nelson Goodman's previous books both the remarkable
diversity of his concerns and the essential unity of his thought.
Many new studies are incorporated in the book, along with
material, often now augmented or significantly revised, that he has
published during the last decade. As a whole the volume will serve
as a concise introduction to Goodman's thought for general readers,
and will develop its more recent unfoldings for those philosophers
and others who have grown wiser with his books over the years.
Goodman transcends the narrow "scientism and humanism that set
the sciences and the arts in opposition"; his insights derive from
both formal philosophy and cognitive psychology. As Hilary Putnam
has noted, Goodman "prefers concrete and partial progress to grand
and ultimately empty visions"; and here are illuminating studies of
topics ranging from science policy and museum administration and
art education to narrative in literature and painting and the
analysis of elusive aspects of literal and metaphorical reference.
All these are ramifications of Goodman's profound and often
revolutionary philosophical work on the ways we understand and even
make the worlds we live in.
General
Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2004 |
First published: |
October 1987 |
Authors: |
Nelson Goodman
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Dimensions: |
235 x 159 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
224 |
Edition: |
Revised |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-63126-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Philosophy >
General
Books >
Philosophy >
General
|
LSN: |
0-674-63126-9 |
Barcode: |
9780674631267 |
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