{"product_id":"fact-fiction-and-forecast-nelson-goodman-9780674290716","title":"Fact, Fiction, and Forecast: Fourth Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere, in a new edition, is Nelson Goodman's provocative philosophical classic--a book that, according to \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e, \"raised a storm of controversy\" when it was first published in 1954, and one that remains on the front lines of philosophical debate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow is it that we feel confident in generalizing from experience in some ways but not in others? How are generalizations that are warranted to be distinguished from those that are not? Goodman shows that these questions resist formal solution and his demonstration has been taken by nativists like Chomsky and Fodor as proof that neither scientific induction nor ordinary learning can proceed without an \u003ci\u003ea priori\u003c\/i\u003e, or innate, ordering of hypotheses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his new foreword to this edition, Hilary Putnam forcefully rejects these nativist claims. The controversy surrounding these unsolved problems is as relevant to the psychology of cognitive development as it is to the philosophy of science. No serious student of either discipline can afford to misunderstand Goodman's classic argument.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nelson Goodman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674290712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674290716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/1983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.28w x 0.47d","brand":"Nelson Goodman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072688517375,"sku":"9780674290716","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4514a68a-2089-41cb-a841-751ee630ecbc.jpg?v=1685443423","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fact-fiction-and-forecast-nelson-goodman-9780674290716","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}