Publisher's Synopsis
New essays on metaphilosophy. Contents: Introduction -- On Construing Philosophy. A quoi sert la philosophie?. Why Philosophers Disagree. Can Philosophy Exist?. Demarcating Philosophy. The Historical Discourse of Philosophy. Philosophy as a Discipline. Wittgenstein, Davidson, & the Myth of Incommensurability. Strategies for Radical Rorty (' ... but is it progress?'). Deconstruction & Reconstruction in Contemporary Critical Theory. The Unreality of Knowledge. Une philosophie empiriste des mathématiques est-elle possible?. Confessions of a Modest Bayesian. Rationality, Prediction, & Autonomous Choice. Après-propos -- S'entendre pour ne pas s'entendre.
