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AnInterviewWithSusanHaack
TheIntellectualJourneyofanEminentLogician-Philosopher
--AnInterviewWithSusanHaack
ChenBo,SusanHaack
ABSTRACTIn2002,atUniversityofMiami,USA,ChenBomadeanlonginterviewwithSusanHaackwhoisaneminentlogician-philosopherintheworld.Inthisinterview,theytalkedaboutHaack’sintellectualbackground,andherstudiesinphilosophyoflogic,epistemology,metaphysics,pragmatism,philosophyofscience,post-moderntrends,especiallyHaack’sownphilosophy,e.g,logicalpluralism,foundherentism,criticalcommon-sensism,innocentrealism.
KEYWORDSrevisabilityoflogic,logicalpluralism,foundherentism,pragmatism,criticalcommon-sensism,innocentrealism.
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SusanHaack[hereafterSH],M.A.,B.Phil.Oxford,Ph.D.Cambridge,formerlyProfessorofPhilosophyattheUniversityofWarwick(U.K),iscurrentlyCooperSeniorScholarinArtsandSciences,ProfessorofPhilosophy,andProfessorofLawattheUniversityofMiami(U.S.A.).SheistheauthorofDeviantLogic(Cambridge,1974);PhilosophyofLogics(Cambridge,1978),EvidenceandInquiry:
TowardsReconstructioninEpistemology(Blackwell,1993);DeviantLogic,FuzzyLogic:
BeyondtheFormalism,(Chicago,1996);ManifestoofaPassionateModerate:
UnfashionableEssays(Chicago,1998),andDefendingScience--WithinReason(forthcoming);andofnumerousarticlesonphilosophyoflogicandlanguage,epistemologyandmetaphysics,pragmatism,feminism,philosophyofscience,andscientifictestimonyincourt.HerworkhasbeentranslatedintoSpanish,French,Portuguese,Italian,German,Polish,Russian,Danish,KoreanandChinese.Avolumeofessaysonherworkisinpreparation.
ChenBo[hereafterCB],Ph.D.,ChinaRenminUniversity,isProfessorofPhilosophyatPekingUniversity,P.R.China.In2002-3heheldaCCSCfellowshipawardedbytheAmericanCouncilofLearnedSocieties,theSocialSciencesResearchCouncil,andtheNationalAcademyofSciences,asaVisitingScholarintheDepartmentofPhilosophyattheUniversityofMiami.
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CB:
ProfessorHaack,I'mverygladtohavethisopportunitytointerviewyou.BecauseofyourbookPhilosophyofLogicsyouarewellknowninlogicalcirclesinChina,butweknowlittleaboutyoupersonally.Couldyoutellussomethingaboutyourself?
SH:
Well,let'ssee:
IwasborninEnglandafterWorldWarII.Iwaseducatedatstateprimaryandgrammarschools;atOxford,whereIearnedfirstmyB.A.inPhilosophy,Politics,andEconomics,andthentheB.Phil.inPhilosophy(IalsoreceivedtheM.A.,butatOxfordthisisaformality);andthenatCambridge,whereIearnedmyPh.D.whileteachingatNewHall,aCambridgewomen'scollege.Iwasthefirstpersoninmyfamilyevertogotouniversity.Still,lookingback,Ithinkmyphilosophicaleducationprobablybeganwithmy(maternal)grandparents,whohadlittleformalschooling,butentertainedmebyteachingmechallengingcardgamesandintroducingmetothewordpuzzlespublishedinthenewspapers--whichIsooncametorelishasmuchasmygrandmotherdid;perhapsthiswastheseedthateventuallygrewintomycrosswordanalogyforthestructureofevidence.
AtOxford,whereIwasastudentatSt.Hilda'sCollege,myfirstphilosophyteacherwasJeanAustin(widowofJ.L.Austin);afterthat,IstudiedPlatowithGilbertRyle,andlogicwithMichaelDummett.IwrotemyB.Phil.dissertationunderthesupervisionofDavidPears;itstopic,ambiguity,foreshadowedmylaterconvictionthatmanyimportantphilosophicalmistakesaretheresultofequivocations.AtCambridge,whereIwrotemyPh.D.underthesupervisionofTimothySmiley,IwasajuniorcolleagueofElizabethAnscombe,thennewlyappointedasProfessorofphilosophy,andcontinuedmyphilosophicaleducationbywayofouroften-heatedlunch-timeconversations.
AfterCambridge,Itaughtforalmosttwentyyears(1971-90)inthephilosophydepartmentattheUniversityofWarwick,oneofthenewuniversitiessetupinBritaininthe1960s.ItwasatWarwickthatIpreparedDeviantLogicforpublication,wrotePhilosophyofLogics,beganseriouslyreadingtheAmericanPragmatists,andstartedworkonEvidenceandInquiry.IjoinedthedepartmentofphilosophyattheUniversityofMiamiin1990,andacoupleofyearslatercompletedEvidenceandInquiry.Isoonfoundmyinterestsdrawnintwonewdirections:
Ibeganworkfirstonculturalandsocialissuesintersectingwithmyworkinepistemologyandwithpragmatism;andthenonquestionsabouttheroleofexpert,andespeciallyscientific,testimonyinthecourts.AndsoIwrotetheessaysinManifestoofaPassionateModerate,includingtwopiecesontheextravagancesofself-styled"culturalcritics"ofsciencethateventuallyledtomymostrecentbook,DefendingScience--WithinReason;andbegantoteachandpublishontheinteractionsofscience
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