The Collapse of the Fact/Value Dichotomy and Other Essays

This volume takes issue with an idea that has found an all-too- prominent place in popular culture and philosophical thought: the idea that while factual claims can be rationally established or refuted, claims about value are wholly subjective, not capable of being rationally argued for or against.

Autorentext
Hilary Putnam is Cogan University Professor Emeritus, Harvard University and also the author of Ethics without Ontology (see S0453).

Klappentext
Amartya Sen. Lively, concise, and wise, his book prepares the way for a renewed mutual fruition of philosophy and the social sciences.


Zusammenfassung
In this book, one of the world's preeminent philosophers takes issue with an idea that has found an all-too-prominent place in popular culture and philosophical thought: the idea that while factual claims can be rationally established or refuted, claims about value are wholly subjective, not capable of being rationally argued for or against.

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