Reconceptions in Philosophy and Other Arts and Sciences (Hackett Readings in Philosophy)

Reconceptions in Philosophy and Other Arts and Sciences (Hackett Readings in Philosophy) by Goodman, Nelson. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780872200524.

"The authors argue against certain philosophical distinctions between art and science; between verbal and nonverbal meaning; and between the affective and the cognitive. The book continues Goodmans argument against one traditional mode of philosophizing which privileges the notions of truth and knowledge. Hence, the book is in a broadly pragmatic tradition. It also deals in detail with such topics as meaning in architecture and the concept of variation in art, and contains a superb critique of some important views in contemporary epistemology. This work will be savored even by those who will not accept all aspects of Goodman and Elgins approach. Essential for all undergraduate philosophy collections." --Stanley Bates, Choice