Renewing Philosophy
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Hilary Putnam, one of America’s most distinguished philosophers, surveys an astonishingly wide range of issues and proposes a new, clear-cut approach to philosophical questions—a renewal of philosophy. He discusses topics from artificial intelligence to natural selection.
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Putnam substantiates Dewey's idea that only through democratic processes can human capabilities be fully developed to problem-solving.
“Thus, Putnam (1992) substantiates the Deweysian idea that democracy is not only a way of life among others, by the fact that only through democratic processes can human capabilities be fully developed to problem-solving.”
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- Authors
- Putnam, H.
- Corresponding author
- Putnam, Hilary
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- Harvard University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
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- 1992-12-31
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy, Science, and History
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Keywords
- Hilary Putnam, artificial intelligence, natural selection, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, philosophy of language
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