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Title: Nominalism and Its Aftermath: The Philosophy of Nelson Goodman

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"Nelson Goodman's disparate writings are often written about only within their own particular discipline, such that the epistemology is discussed in contrast to others' epistemology, the aesthetics is contrasted with more traditional aesthetics, and the ontology and logic is viewed in contrast to both other contemporary philosophers and to Goodman's historical predecessors. This book argues that that is not an adequate way to view Goodman. The separate disciplines of ontology, epistemology, and aesthetics should be viewed as sequential steps within his thought, such that each provides the ground rules for the next section and, furthermore, providing the reasons for limitations on the terms available to the subsequent writing(s). This is true not merely because this is the general chronology of his writing, but more importantly because within his metaphysics lies Goodman's basic nominalist ontology and logic, and it is upon those principles that he builds his epistemology and, furthermore, it is the sum of both the metaphysics and the epistemology, with the nominalist principle as the guiding force, which constructs the aesthetics. At the end of each section of this book, the consequent limitations imposed on his terms and concepts available to him are explicated, such that, by the end of the book, the book delineates the constraints imposed upon the aesthetics by both the metaphysics and the epistemology."--P. [4] of cover.

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Series:             Synthese Library, 170
Language:        English

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Length:        171 Pages
Weight:        0.9 Pounds
Height:         9.5 Inches
Width:          6.5 Inches
Thickness:    0.8 Inches



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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is Nominalism and Its Aftermath: The Philosophy of Nelson Goodman and it was written by Dena Shottenkirk. This edition of Nominalism and Its Aftermath: The Philosophy of Nelson Goodman is in a Hardcover format. This books publish date is June 2009 and it has a suggested retail price of $139. There are 171 pages in the book and it was published by Springer Verlag. The 10 digit ISBN is 1402099304 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9781402099304. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.