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""... Trout's book is an enlightening and enjoyable read that demonstrates the significance of empirical science to sound philosophical methodology and the power of scientifically informed philosophy to contribute meaningfully to public debate. --Keith Harris, Metascience ""Trout is engaging with issues related to meta-philosophy (especially, with issues related to how we should engage in epistemology and the philosophy of science) at a very high level, and his voice is well worth hearing in these debates."" --Stephen Grimm, Fordham University ""Trout is right that for philosophy to surviveDLi.e. maintaining departments in universitiesDLphilosophers have to pursue productive projects that keep their work relevant both to researchers in other disciplines and to society as a wholeDLI think that his work continues the tradition of Dewey, who strove to make philosophy relevant in nearly all of his work."" --Steve Downes, University of Utah

Trout is right that for philosophy to survive i.e. maintaining departments in universities philosophers have to pursue productive projects that keep their work relevant both to researchers in other disciplines and to society as a whole... I think that his work continues the tradition of Dewey, who strove to make philosophy relevant in nearly all of his work. * Steve Downes, University of Utah * Trout is engaging with issues related to meta-philosophy (especially, with issues related to how we should engage in epistemology and the philosophy of science) at a very high level, and his voice is well worth hearing in these debates. * Stephen Grimm, Fordham University *

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J.D. Trout is Professor and John and Mae Calamos Endowed Chair of Philosophy at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. He is the author of Wondrous Truths: The Improbable Rise of Modern Science (Oxford 2016), Measuring the Intentional World (Oxford 2003), and The Empathy Gap: Building Bridges to the Good Life and the Good Society (Penguin 2010).

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