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Pragmatic Inquiry and Religious Communities: Charles Peirce, Signs, and Inhabited Experiments by Brandon Daniel-Hughes (review)

Pragmatic Inquiry and Religious Communities: Charles Peirce, Signs, and Inhabited Experiments by... 98 American Journal of Theology and Philosophy both Putnams make this point repeatedly and anchor it in the texts of ear- lier pragmatists, both flirt with but never quite make the case for axiological realism, at least not in this volume. Thus, in a representative passage, Ruth Anna contends, “Just as the fact/value dichotomy, though useful in practi- cal contexts, does not bear any epistemological or ontological weight, so the distinction between ethics and metaphysics or ethics and epistemology bears no philosophical weight, though it is useful in drawing up curricula and as- signing responsibilities for teaching and learning” (355). But if the dichotomy will not bear these burdens, then it would seem necessary to press further and both make the case for the objectivity of values—a case she indeed makes as she intertwines discussions of science, epistemology, and values—and offer a metaphysics of value. It is perhaps asking too much of any collection of essays to offer such a thoroughgoing treatment, but the glimpses offered throughout the assembled texts gesture in this direction. Both Hilary (2016) and Ruth Anna (2019) Putnam died recently, but they left us with a wealth of books and essays that will surely reward http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Theology & Philosophy University of Illinois Press

Pragmatic Inquiry and Religious Communities: Charles Peirce, Signs, and Inhabited Experiments by Brandon Daniel-Hughes (review)

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98 American Journal of Theology and Philosophy both Putnams make this point repeatedly and anchor it in the texts of ear- lier pragmatists, both flirt with but never quite make the case for axiological realism, at least not in this volume. Thus, in a representative passage, Ruth Anna contends, “Just as the fact/value dichotomy, though useful in practi- cal contexts, does not bear any epistemological or ontological weight, so the distinction between ethics and metaphysics or ethics and epistemology bears no philosophical weight, though it is useful in drawing up curricula and as- signing responsibilities for teaching and learning” (355). But if the dichotomy will not bear these burdens, then it would seem necessary to press further and both make the case for the objectivity of values—a case she indeed makes as she intertwines discussions of science, epistemology, and values—and offer a metaphysics of value. It is perhaps asking too much of any collection of essays to offer such a thoroughgoing treatment, but the glimpses offered throughout the assembled texts gesture in this direction. Both Hilary (2016) and Ruth Anna (2019) Putnam died recently, but they left us with a wealth of books and essays that will surely reward

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American Journal of Theology & Philosophy – University of Illinois Press

Published: Aug 5, 2020

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