Reason, Truth and History

Reason, Truth and History
ISBN-10
1139935666
ISBN-13
9781139935661
Category
Philosophy
Language
English
Published
1981-12-31
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Hilary Putnam

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Hilary Putnam deals in this book with some of the most fundamental persistent problems in philosophy: the nature of truth, knowledge and rationality. His aim is to break down the fixed categories of thought which have always appeared to define and constrain the permissible solutions to these problems.

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