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The Fragility of Reason*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2010

Fred Dretske
Affiliation:
Stanford University

Extract

Steven Stich's The Fragmentation of Reason will get the adrenalin pumping. At least it will for-reactionaries (like me) who cling to truth, reason and knowledge as cognitive values.

Steve Stich sets himself to undermine the entire analytic tradition in epistemology. His book is infused with the spirit of the “radical epistemic reformer.” I do not think he succeeds. Reformations are hard to launch in philosophy. Nonetheless, he raises some deep and troubling issues.

Type
Critical Notices/Études critiques
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 1992

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References

Fodor, Jerry A. 1987 Psychosemantics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar