TY  - BOOK
AU  - Will,Frederick L.
AU  - Westphal,Kenneth R.
TI  - Pragmatism and realism
T2  - Studies in epistemology and cognitive theory
SN  - 0847683494
AV  - B945.W49 P73 1997
U1  - ARCH YNDC 191 W689P  20
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York: London
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, INC., 
KW  - Knowledge, Theory of
KW  - Pragmatism
KW  - Realism
KW  - Truth
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-199) and index; Foreword / Alasdair MacIntyre -- 1. Thoughts and Things -- 2. Truth and Correspondence -- 3. The Concern About Truth -- 4. The Rational Governance of Practice -- 5. Reason, Social Practice, and Scientific Realism -- 6. Reason and Tradition -- 7. Rules and Subsumption: Mutative Aspects of Logical Processes -- 8. Pragmatic Rationality -- 9. Philosophic Governance of Norms
N2  - When historians of philosophy turn to the work of distinguished philosopher Frederick L. Will, Pragmatism and Realism will be an important part of the discussion. In this collection of nine essays, Will demonstrates that a social account of human knowledge is consistent with, and ultimately requires, realism. A timely contribution to the current debate, the book culminates in a naturalistic account of the generation, assessment, and revision of cognitive, moral, and social norms. It is written clearly enough for undergraduates, and includes a critical introduction by the editor discussing the bearing of Will's views on current debates among analytic epistemologists, philosophers of science, and moral theorists
ER  -