David Weissman is Professor of Philosophy at City College of New York.
Introduction
p. 1
Two Styles of Explanation: Interpretation and Inquiry
p. 7
Interpretation
p. 8
Inquiry
p. 14
Different Tasks
p. 19
Perspective
p. 22
Contrary Responses: An Example
p. 29
Mixed Modes
p. 31
Applications
p. 32
Values
p. 35
Morality
p. 36
Politics
p. 38
Interpretation: Self and Society
p. 45
Origin and Context
p. 45
Distortion
p. 50
Emotion
p. 51
Assumptions for a Taxonomy
p. 51
Stories
p. 52
Socialized Interpretations
p. 53
Eliding fact and Value
p. 56
Magic, Myth, and Metaphor
p. 57
Faith and Fantasy
p. 59
Philosophic Rationales
p. 60
Tolerance
p. 64
Inquiry: Practical Life and Science
p. 67
Context and Objectives
p. 67
Meaning
p. 73
Truth
p. 76
Animadversions
p. 80
Engaging Other People and Things
p. 91
Aims
p. 94
Ideals
p. 95
A Choice
p. 96
A Disputed Question
p. 97
Ontological Alternatives
p. 97
The Dialectic of Untestable Ideas
p. 107
Reconciliation
p. 111
Imagination
p. 115
Construction
p. 115
Construction Rules
p. 117
Variation
p. 119
Discipline
p. 120
Leading Principles
p. 123
Priority
p. 123
Precedents
p. 124
Use
p. 126
An Inventory of Leading Principles
p. 130
Values
p. 164
When Practical Life and Science Disagree
p. 164
Categorial Form
p. 169
Afterword
p. 173
Notes
p. 175
Index
p. 183
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