Reconceptions in Philosophy and Other Arts and Sciences

by Catherine Z. Elgin, Nelson Goodman, Catherine Z. Goodman, Nelson; Elgin

Book Overview

"The authors argue against certain philosophical distinctions between art and science; between verbal and nonverbal meaning; and between the affective and the cognitive. The book continues Goodman's argument against one traditional mode of philosophizing which privileges the notions of 'truth' and 'knowledge'. Hence, the book is in a broadly pragmatic tradition. It also deals in detail with such topics as meaning in architecture and the concept of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872200531
• ISBN13: 9780872200531
• Release Date: April 1988
• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.