Manifesto of a Passionate Moderate: Unfashionable EssaysUniversity of Chicago Press, 2000 - Počet stran: 223 Forthright and wryly humorous, philosopher Susan Haack deploys her penetrating analytic skills on some of the most highly charged cultural and social debates of recent years. Relativism, multiculturalism, feminism, affirmative action, pragmatisms old and new, science, literature, the future of the academy and of philosophy itself—all come under her keen scrutiny in Manifesto of a Passionate Moderate. "The virtue of Haack's book, and I mean virtue in the ethical sense, is that it embodies the attitude that it exalts. . . Haack's voice is urbane, sensible, passionate—the voice of philosophy that matters. How good to hear it again."—Jonathan Rauch, Reason "A tough mind, confident of its power, making an art of logic . . . a cool mastery."—Paul R. Gross, Wilson Quarterly "Few people are better able to defend the notion of truth, and in strong, clear prose, than Susan Haack . . . a philosopher of great distinction."—Hugh Lloyd-Jones, National Review "If you relish acute observation and straight talk, this is a book to read."—Key Reporter (Phi Beta Kappa) "Everywhere in this book there is the refreshing breeze of common sense, patiently but inexorably blowing."—Roger Kimball, Times Literary Supplement "A refreshing alternative to the extremism that characterizes so much rhetoric today."—Kirkus Reviews |
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... academic nonsense which is a serious nuisance to the general reader , and for that we are all in her debt . " -Mary ... academics . Years ago a well - known professor said : ' Sue Haack's style is as clear as the clearest , purest water ...
... academic nonsense which is a serious nuisance to the general reader , and for that we are all in her debt . " -Mary ... academics . Years ago a well - known professor said : ' Sue Haack's style is as clear as the clearest , purest water ...
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... academic life , make the Manifesto a passionate work and obliga- tory reading . " —Juan Jose Acero , Theoria ( Spain ) " Accomplishes the rare feat of writing with rigour , precision and depth about topics of immediate interest to all ...
... academic life , make the Manifesto a passionate work and obliga- tory reading . " —Juan Jose Acero , Theoria ( Spain ) " Accomplishes the rare feat of writing with rigour , precision and depth about topics of immediate interest to all ...
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... academic life . She stages , inter alia , a dialogue between Peirce and Rorty ; and might even , rather freely adapting Burke , have called her entire tract An ap- peal ( or reproach ) from the old to the new pragmatists . " —Sir Peter ...
... academic life . She stages , inter alia , a dialogue between Peirce and Rorty ; and might even , rather freely adapting Burke , have called her entire tract An ap- peal ( or reproach ) from the old to the new pragmatists . " —Sir Peter ...
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... be a woman ... and other alien thoughts on affirmative action in the academy ELEVEN Preposterism and Its Consequences Acknowledgments , 209 Index , 213 137 149 167 188 Preface For an academic in the humanities today , there.
... be a woman ... and other alien thoughts on affirmative action in the academy ELEVEN Preposterism and Its Consequences Acknowledgments , 209 Index , 213 137 149 167 188 Preface For an academic in the humanities today , there.
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Unfashionable Essays Susan Haack. Preface For an academic in the humanities today , there is a strong temptation to be an ostrich : to get on quietly with your own work and do your best to ignore the noisy battles around you ...
Unfashionable Essays Susan Haack. Preface For an academic in the humanities today , there is a strong temptation to be an ostrich : to get on quietly with your own work and do your best to ignore the noisy battles around you ...
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Confessions of an OldFashioned Prig | 5 |
We Pragmatists Peirce and Rorty in Conversation | 29 |
As for that phrase studying in a literary spirit | 46 |
Dry Truth and Real Knowledge Epistemologies of Metaphor and Metaphors of Epistemology | 67 |
Puzzling Out Science | 88 |
Science as Social?Yes and No | 102 |
Knowledge and Propaganda Reflections of an Old Feminist | 121 |
Multiculturalism and Objectivity | 135 |
Reflections on Relativism From Momentous Tautology to Seductive Contradiction | 147 |
The best man for the job may be a woman and other alien thoughts on affirmative action in the academy | 165 |
Preposterism and Its Consequences | 186 |
Acknowledgments | 207 |
Index | 211 |
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