Metaphilosophy, Neutrality, and the Public Use of Reason: A Critical Notice of Scott Aikin and Robert Talisse, Pragmatism, Pluralism, and the Nature of Philosophy.

A literary criticism is presented of the book "Pragmatism, Pluralism, and the Nature of Philosophy" by Robert B. Talisse and Scott Aikin that highlights metaphilosophy, neutrality, and the public use of reason. It mentions about the pragmatic tradition in having a metaphilosophy and think of German...

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Published in:	International Journal of Philosophical Studies Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 96 - 114
Main Author:	Levine, Steven
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb2020
Subjects:	Pragmatism, Pluralism, & the Nature of Philosophy (Book) Pragmatism Theory of knowledge Terms & phrases Talisse, Robert B.
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	A literary criticism is presented of the book "Pragmatism, Pluralism, and the Nature of Philosophy" by Robert B. Talisse and Scott Aikin that highlights metaphilosophy, neutrality, and the public use of reason. It mentions about the pragmatic tradition in having a metaphilosophy and think of German Idealism or Logical Positivism; and also highlights pragmatism as a method to elucidate the meaning of hard words and phrases.