{"product_id":"renewing-philosophy-9780674760943","title":"Renewing Philosophy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHilary 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this bold, energetic, and extensive work, Putnam undertakes a revitalization of philosophy. He wants to put philosophy back in touch with the ‘human issues which it has always been philosophy’s highest goal to articulate’… This is exciting and engaging stuff, and anyone with an interest in philosophy, at whatever level, will enjoy it and learn from it. -- A. W. Moore * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003ePutnam has become a thinker to be reckoned with in the humanities, and \u003ci\u003eRenewing Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e should provide the best approach to his thought. -- David Gorman * Philosophy and Literature *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface    The Project of Artificial Intelligence   Does Evolution Explain Representation?   A Theory of Reference   Materialism and Relativism   Bernard Williams and the Absolute Conception of the World   Irrealism and Deconstruction   Wittgenstein on Religious Belief   Wittgenstein on Reference and Relativism   A Reconsideration of Deweyan Democracy    Notes   Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037261627735,"sku":"9780674760943","price":37.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674760943.jpg?v=1750935034","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/renewing-philosophy-9780674760943","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}