Manifesto of a Passionate Moderate  

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"On feminist criticisms of supposedly sexist metaphors in Bacon, see Alan Soble, "In Defense of Bacon," Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 25.2, 1995, 192-215; ..." --Manifesto of a Passionate Moderate'' (1998) by Susan Haack, p. 121

""|T]he revolutionary scientism encountered in contemporary philosophy often manifests a peculiar affinity with the antiscientific attitudes which, as I conjecture, are prompted by resentment, as scientism is prompted by envy, of the sciences" (201). --Manifesto of a Passionate Moderate (1998) by Susan Haack, p. 201

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Manifesto of a Passionate Moderate: Unfashionable Essays (1998) is a book by Susan Haack.

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Forthright and wryly humorous, philosopher Susan Haack deploys her penetrating analytic skills on some of the most highly charged cultural and social debates of recent years. Relativism, multiculturalism, feminism, affirmative action, pragmatisms old and new, science, literature, the future of the academy and of philosophy itself—all come under her keen scrutiny in Manifesto of a Passionate Moderate.



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