{"product_id":"what-philosophers-know-case-studies-in-recent-analytic-philosophy-paperback-9780521672221","title":"What Philosophers Know; Case Studies in Recent Analytic Philosophy (Paperback) 9780521672221","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhat Philosophers Know\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCase Studies in Recent Analytic Philosophy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDrawing upon the work of Quine, Rawls, Rorty and others, Gutting challenges the standard view about what philosophers have achieved.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGary Gutting (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521672221, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 2 April 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.42 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'This series of case studies of problems and advances in philosophical thinking argues effectively that philosophy can make progress and that philosophers do have distinctive substantial knowledge. The treatment is excellent: sophisticated and of interest to experts while also clearly-written and engaging for readers generally.' David Sosa, University of Texas at Austin\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePhilosophy has never delivered on its promise to settle the great moral and religious questions of human existence, and even most philosophers conclude that it does not offer an established body of disciplinary knowledge. Gary Gutting challenges this view by examining detailed case studies of recent achievements by analytic philosophers such as Quine, Kripke, Gettier, Lewis, Chalmers, Plantinga, Kuhn, Rawls, and Rorty. He shows that these philosophers have indeed produced a substantial body of disciplinary knowledge, but he challenges many common views about what philosophers have achieved. Topics discussed include the role of argument in philosophy, naturalist and experimentalist challenges to the status of philosophical intuitions, the importance of pre-philosophical convictions, Rawls' method of reflective equilibrium, and Rorty's challenge to the idea of objective philosophical truth. The book offers a lucid survey of recent analytic work and presents a new understanding of philosophy as an important source of knowledge.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. How Does That Go? The Limits of Philosophical Argument: 1. Quine's 'Two Dogmas': argument or imagination?\u003cbr\u003e 2. Argument and intuition in Kripke's Naming and Necessity\u003cbr\u003e 3. The rise and fall of counterexamples: Gettier, Goldman, and Lewis\u003cbr\u003e 4. Reflection: pictures, intuitions, and philosophical knowledge\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Arguments and Convictions: 5. Turning the tables: Plantinga and the rise of the philosophy of religion\u003cbr\u003e 6. Materialism and compatibilism: two dogmas of analytic philosophy?\u003cbr\u003e 7. Was there a Kuhnian revolution? Convictions in the philosophy of science\u003cbr\u003e 8. Conviction and argument in Rawls' A Theory of Justice\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Philosophical Truth and Knowledge: 9. Rorty against the world: philosophy, truth, and objectivity\u003cbr\u003e 10. Philosophical knowledge: summary and application\u003cbr\u003e References.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e], Analytical philosophy \u0026amp; Logical Positivism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Analytical philosophy \u0026amp; Logical Positivism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Analytical%20philosophy%20\u0026amp;%20Logical%20Positivism%20%5BHPCF5%5D%22\"\u003eHPCF5\u003c\/a\u003e], History of Western philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of Western philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20Western%20philosophy%20%5BHPC%5D%22\"\u003eHPC\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":46004364017944,"sku":"9780521672221","price":26.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521672221i_09532471-6409-4eb0-a8d9-6ae3134e317b.jpg?v=1691379741","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/what-philosophers-know-case-studies-in-recent-analytic-philosophy-paperback-9780521672221","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}