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AFTER CERTAINTY

book

Reason, Truth, and History

Putnam, Hilary. Reason, Truth, and History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981.

Why this matters here

Hilary Putnam's Reason, Truth and History argues for a conception of reason and objectivity that does not require metaphysical certainty or final closure of inquiry. After Certainty extends that refusal of closure into ordinary moral life: learning to act—and to refrain—while the account stays open, without demanding uncertainty disappear before participation becomes possible.