This engaging and wide-ranging collection of essays is informed and unified by t
he conviction that philosophy can, and should, engage with real-world issues. Su
san Haack's keen analytical skills and well-chosen illustrations illuminate a di
verse range of cultural questions; and her direct style and wry sense of humor m
ake complex ideas and subtle distinctions accessible to serious readers whatever
their discipline or particular interests. "Putting Philosophy to Work" will app
eal not only to philosophers but also to thoughtful scientists, economists, lega
l thinkers, historians, literary scholars, and humanists.
This new, expanded s
econd edition includes several previously unpublished essays: a devastating crit
ique of Karl Popper's highly (and dangerously) influential philosophy of science
; a searching and thought-provoking analysis of scientism; and a groundbreaking
paper on "academic ethics in a preposterous environment" that every professor, a
nd would-be professor, should read.
