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100 1 _aHaack, Susan.
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245 1 0 _aPutting philosophy to work :
_binquiry and its place in culture : essays on science, religion, law, literature, and life /
_cSusan Haack.
260 _aAmherst, N.Y. :
_bPrometheus Books,
_c2008.
300 _a264 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aStaying for an answer : the untidy process of groping for truth -- The same, only different -- The unity of truth and the plurality of truths -- Coherence, consistency, cogency, congruity, cohesiveness, &c. : remain calm! don't go overboard! -- Not cynicism, but synechism : lessons from classical pragmatism -- Science, economics, "vision" -- The integrity of science : what it means, why it matters -- Scientific secrecy and "spin" : the sad, sleazy story of the trials of remune -- Truth and justice, inquiry and advocacy, science and law -- Trial and error : the Supreme Court's philosophy of science -- An epistemologist among the epidemiologists -- Fallibilism and faith, naturalism and the supernatural, science and religion -- The ideal of intellectual integrity, in life and literature -- After my own heart : Dorothy Sayers's feminism -- Worthwhile lives -- Why I am not an oxymoron -- Formal philosophy? : a plea for pluralism.
650 0 _aPhilosophy.
_923573
852 _aSavar Campsu Library
_cGeneral Shelf
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_cBK