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| Author | Robert Nozick |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Epistemology Metaphysics |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Publication date | 1981 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 764 |
| ISBN | 0-674-66479-5 |
Philosophical Explanations is a 1981 metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical treatise by the philosopher Robert Nozick.
The book received positive reviews. Commentators have compared Philosophical Explanations to the philosopher Richard Rorty's Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979) and praised it for Nozick's discussions of the fundamental questions of philosophy and of topics such as epistemology and ethics, and welcomed it as a convincing response to charges that American academic philosophy is overly concerned with technical issues. Nozick's discussions of knowledge and skepticism have received much critical attention.