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extllltinel----4ndjudiclou8-ln the care with which things onen confused
are discriminated and with which conclusions are ltept firmly in touch
with the reiiSons that support them. Susan Haaclt's demolition ofDtlrious
forms of fashionable relativism is admirably effective. I was pleased to
discover that I have, without realizing it, always been some kind of
foundherentist.
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- AnthonyQuinton, TrinityCo llege, Oxford
•susan Haack here offers a new look at traditional theory of knowledge.
She knows the subject well and proposes reasonable and original solutions
to its problems. The book is forceful and refreshing and very much worth
the attention of anyone who is interested in epistemology.
•
- Roderick
M.
Chisholm, BrownUniversity
•J
read Susan Haack's book with both pleasure and profit.
It
contains a
uniquely thorough critique ofstandard epistemological theories and of
more recent attempts (e.g., Rorty's) to discredit, or replace, the whole
analytical enterprise. The failures of traditional foundationalist and
coherence accounts are plainly displayed and a satisfying synthesis of the
legitimate elements in both is achieved. The whole is done with an
exemplary clarity.
•
- Sir Pete r Strawson, MagdalenCollege, Oxford
November 1993 6
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