On Transforming Philosophy: A Metaphilosophical Inquiry [Hardcover]

Kai Nielsen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 12, 1995 | ISBN-10: 0813306663 | ISBN-13: 978-0813306667

Since Rorty, the crisis of method and interests in philosophy has been at the forefront of metaphilosophy. In this book, Kai Nielsen, one of the most prominent critics of philosophy-as-usual, examines critically the most important claims made on behalf of philosophy. After rejecting as chimerical the ambitious claims of traditional, especially foundational, epistemology and metaphysics, he presents the case for a more modest view of what philosophy can accomplish.Nielsen insists that philosophy must be devoted to actual problems of real people in everyday life. Influenced substantively by Dewey and more methodologically by Rawls, he carves out a defensible terrain for philosophy to inhabit—a terrain cleared of the more extravagant but implausible claims made by traditional philosophy.Nielsen has been a major voice in debates about the scope of philosophy, and this latest work of his will be an important contribution to the “end of philosophy debate.”

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About the Author

Kai Nielsen is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Calgary. He is the author of many books and articles on ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of religion, and metaphilosophy.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Westview Press (October 12, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813306663
• ISBN-13: 978-0813306667
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,118,547 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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