Putting Philosophy to Work - Inquiry and Its Place in Culture -- Essays on Science, Religion, Law, Literature, and Life (Paperback, Expanded Edition)

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. "Putting Philosophy to Work" will appeal not only to philosophers but also to thoughtful scientists, economists, legal thinkers, historians, literary scholars, and humanists.
This new, expanded second edition includes several previously unpublished essays: a devastating critique of Karl Popper's highly (and dangerously) influential philosophy of science; a searching and thought-provoking analysis of scientism; and a groundbreaking paper on "academic ethics in a preposterous environment" that every professor, and would-be professor, should read.

General

Imprint:	Prometheus Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2013
First published:	May 2013
Authors:	Susan Haack
Dimensions:	229 x 154 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	345
Edition:	Expanded Edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-61614-493-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Promotions
LSN:	1-61614-493-9
Barcode:	9781616144937

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