On Empty Compliments and Deceptive Detours
A Neopragmatist Response to Theodore W. Nunez
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14760771 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nancy Frankenberry (Dartmouth College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 129-136 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religious Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0384-9694 • E-ISSN: 1467-9795 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/0384-9694.00008 |
| OpenAlex | W1499632004 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The philosophical question Nunez raises is whether we can have, as he thinks we need, a theoretical grounding for appeal to the intrinsic value of nature. This article examines the neopragmatist reasons for repudiating metaphysical realism's notions of intrinsicality and subject‐independent reality. Following the holism of Donald Davidson and Richard Rorty rather than the epistemological premises of Holmes Rolston and Bernard Lonergan, the author concludes that coping with the ecological crisis does not require conjuring an epistemic crisis. Environmental ethics in neopragmatist hands would seek procedures for bringing about agreement in improving our practices, not our epistemology
Appeal · Epistemology · Holism · Metaphysics · Political science · Realism · Subject (documents · Value (mathematics · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Law · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |