Nominalism and Its Aftermath: The Philosophy of Nelson Goodman
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 on
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SYNTHESE LIBRARY STUDIES IN EPISTEMOLOGY, LOGIC, METHODOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Editor-in-Chief:
VINCENT F. HENDRICKS, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark JOHN SYMONS, University of Texas at El Paso, U.S.A.
Honorary Editor:
JAAKKO HINTIKKA, Boston University, U.S.A.
Editors: DIRK VAN DALEN, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands THEO A.F. KUIPERS, University of Groningen, The Netherlands TEDDY SEIDENFELD, Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A. PATRICK SUPPES, Stanford University, California, U.S.A. ´ JAN WOLENSKI, Jagiellonian University, Krak´ow, Poland
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NOMINALISM AND ITS AFTERMATH THE PHILOSOPHY OF NELSON GOODMAN by
Dena Shottenkirk Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
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Dr. Dena Shottenkirk 360 President Street Brooklyn NY 11231 USA d [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4020-9930-4 e-ISBN 978-1-4020-9931-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-9931-1 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009926951 c Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover design: Boekhorst Design BV Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Emily Michael, In gratitude for her intellectual guidance and moral support
Preface
Nelson Goodman’s disparate writings are often discussed and 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 opposition to both other contemporary philosophers and to his historical predecessors. This book argues that that is not an adequate way to view Goodman. Goodman’s first and seminal book, The Structure of Appearance (SA), which was published in 1951 though it was a revised version of his 1941 Ph.D. dissertation, sets forth not only his logic and nominalist ontology, but is the framework upon which he builds the rest of his work and thus the rest of his work cannot be adequately understood without a grounding in his ontology. This applies to understanding his epistemology but it is even truer in understanding his aesthetics. His epistemology, developed thirteen years after The Structure of Appearance, which detailed his ontology and logic, is heavily dependent on that ontology and logic. And his aesthetics, primarily captured in Languages of Art, written twenty-seven years after SA, is itself dependent upon both his epistemology and his ontological commitment to nominalism. In short, Nelson Goodman’s aesthetics cannot be understood without prior knowledge of both his epi
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