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- catalog abstract "Since Rorty, the crisis of method and interests in philosophy has been at the forefront of metaphilosophy. In this book, Kai Nielsen, one of the most prominent critics of philosophy-as-usual, examines critically the most important claims made on behalf of philosophy. After rejecting as chimerical the ambitious claims of traditional, especially foundational, epistemology and metaphysics, he presents the case for a more modest view of what philosophy can accomplish. Nielsen insists that philosophy must be devoted to actual problems of real people in everyday life. Influenced substantively by Dewey and more methodologically by Rawls, he carves out a defensible terrain for philosophy to inhabit - a terrain cleared of the more extravagant but implausible claims made by traditional philosophy.".
- catalog contributor b8500977.
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-282) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Viewing Philosophy -- Pt. I. Philosophy as Metaphysics -- 1. Speculative Metaphysics -- 2. Metaphysics and A Priori Knowledge -- Pt. II. Philosophy as Epistemology -- 3. Epistemology and Skepticism -- 4. Foundationalist Quest -- Pt. III. Philosophy as Critique -- 5. Philosophy and the Problems of Life -- 6. Critique and Meta-Inquiries. Concluding Remarks: An Anticipatory Postscript.".
- catalog description "Since Rorty, the crisis of method and interests in philosophy has been at the forefront of metaphilosophy. In this book, Kai Nielsen, one of the most prominent critics of philosophy-as-usual, examines critically the most important claims made on behalf of philosophy. After rejecting as chimerical the ambitious claims of traditional, especially foundational, epistemology and metaphysics, he presents the case for a more modest view of what philosophy can accomplish. Nielsen insists that philosophy must be devoted to actual problems of real people in everyday life. Influenced substantively by Dewey and more methodologically by Rawls, he carves out a defensible terrain for philosophy to inhabit - a terrain cleared of the more extravagant but implausible claims made by traditional philosophy.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 289 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0813306663 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press,".
- catalog subject "101 20".
- catalog subject "B945.N533 O6 1995".
- catalog subject "Methodology.".
- catalog subject "Philosophy.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Viewing Philosophy -- Pt. I. Philosophy as Metaphysics -- 1. Speculative Metaphysics -- 2. Metaphysics and A Priori Knowledge -- Pt. II. Philosophy as Epistemology -- 3. Epistemology and Skepticism -- 4. Foundationalist Quest -- Pt. III. Philosophy as Critique -- 5. Philosophy and the Problems of Life -- 6. Critique and Meta-Inquiries. Concluding Remarks: An Anticipatory Postscript.".
- catalog title "On transforming philosophy : a metaphilosophical inquiry / Kai Nielsen.".
- catalog type "text".