Smoke and Mirrors
A Few Nice Tricks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9687928 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bryson Brown (University of Lethbridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 123-134 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217300010192 |
| OpenAlex | W2036383152 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Two aims are at work in James Brown's Smoke and Mirrors: to defend realism against some of its recent detractors, and to expound his own programmatic commitment to a Platonic form of realism. I am sympathetic to his first goal, and dubious about the second, so, as Brown himself predicts, I am enthusiastic about the critical part of the book but critical of his Platonic project. But I will begin this review with a hearty recommendation. Smoke and Mirrors is clear, articulate, perceptive, occasionally provocative, and a healthy antidote to the sceptical pessimism about science that one encounters so often today
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Nice · Pessimism · Psychoanalysis · Realism · Skepticism · Computer Science · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |