{"product_id":"reason-truth-and-history-paperback-9780521297769","title":"Reason, Truth and History (Paperback) 9780521297769","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReason, Truth and History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHilary Putnam deals in this book with some of the most fundamental persistent problems in philosophy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHilary Putnam (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521297769, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 31 December 1981\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e236 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.4 cm, 0.31 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'It is refreshingly wide-ranging and ambitious, covering the philosophies of logic, language and knowledge, philosophy of mind, philosophy of history, and ethics. It manages to derive fresh insights even from such familiar topics as Wittgenstein's so-called Private Language argument. Without pretentiousness or name-dropping, it combines strands from recent Anglo-American and Continental philosophy. And it is written in a style which is usually lively and witty.' Philosophical Books\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHilary Putnam deals in this book with some of the most fundamental persistent problems in philosophy: the nature of truth, knowledge and rationality. His aim is to break down the fixed categories of thought which have always appeared to define and constrain the permissible solutions to these problems.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Brains in a vat\u003cbr\u003e 2. A problem about reference\u003cbr\u003e 3. Two philosophical perspectives\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mind and body\u003cbr\u003e 5. Two conceptions of rationality\u003cbr\u003e 6. Fact and value\u003cbr\u003e 7. Reason and history\u003cbr\u003e 8. The impact of science on modern conceptions of rationality\u003cbr\u003e 9. Values, facts and cognition\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy: epistemology \u0026amp; theory of knowledge [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy: epistemology \u0026amp; theory of knowledge\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy:%20epistemology%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20of%20knowledge%20%5BHPK%5D%22\"\u003eHPK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000497754392,"sku":"9780521297769","price":21.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521297769i_19ee30e7-d6ba-45d9-84e1-0be0e241c641.jpg?v=1691374908","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reason-truth-and-history-paperback-9780521297769","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}