The Unraveling of Scientism: American Philosophy at the End of the Twentieth Century

by Joseph Margolis

The Unraveling of Scientism, a companion to Joseph Margolis's Reinventing Pragmatism, follows the thread of American analytic philosophy through the second half of the twentieth century, the period of its greatest influence and activity. Margolis finds that the distinctive features of analytic philosophy were effectively altered, at about mid-century, most pointedly by W. V. Quine. Surprisingly, this was a time of declining conceptual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801441528
• ISBN13: 9780801441523
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher