The Collapse of the Fact/Value Dichotomy and Other Essays

Although it is on occassion important and useful to distinguish between factual claims and value judgements, the distinction becomen, Hilary Putman argues, posi... » 

Although it is on occassion important and useful to distinguish between factual claims and value judgements, the distinction becomen, Hilary Putman argues, positively harmful when identified with a dichotomy between the objective and the purely subjective. Lively, concise, and wise, his book prepares the way for a renewed mutual fruition of philosophy and the social sciences. «