The Collapse of the Fact/Value Dichotomy and Other Essays

by Hilary Putnam

Book Overview

If philosophy has any business in the world, it is the clarification of our thinking and the clearing away of ideas that cloud the mind. In this book, one of the world's preeminent philosophers takes issue with an idea that has found an all-too-prominent place in popular culture and philosophical thought: the idea that while factual claims can be rationally established or refuted, claims about value are wholly subjective, not capable of being rationally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674013808
• ISBN13: 9780674013803
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"