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   The Ashtray (Or the Man Who Denied Reality) is a book by Errol Morris in which he criticizes the philosophy of Thomas Kuhn.

   • Author: Errol Morris

   • Publish Year: 2018

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3. press.uchicago.edu › ucp › booksThe Ashtray: (Or the Man Who Denied Reality), Morris

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   In a time when truth feels ever more embattled, under siege from political lies and virtual lives alike, The Ashtray is a bracing reminder of its value, delivered by a figure who has, over decades, uniquely earned our trust through his commitment to truth. No Morris fan should miss it. Read More.

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   May 16, 2018 · In a time when truth feels ever more embattled, under siege from political lies and virtual lives alike, The Ashtray is a bracing reminder of its value, delivered by a figure who has,...

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   May 16, 2018 · In a time when truth feels ever more embattled, under siege from political lies and virtual lives alike, The Ashtray is a bracing reminder of its value, delivered by a figure who has, over decades, uniquely earned our trust through his commitment to truth. No Morris fan should miss it.

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   • Author: Errol Morris

6. www.amazon.com › Ashtray-Man-Who-Denied-Reality › dpThe Ashtray: (Or the Man Who Denied Reality) - amazon.com

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   Feb 17, 2023 · Kuhn—a fabulous chain-smoker—promptly threw an ashtray at him (and this within steps of Einstein's former office at the Institute for Advanced Study). This combative and dangerous form of argument has never been forgotten; in many ways THE ASHTRAY is Morris' revenge.

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   • Author: Errol Morris

7. archive.nytimes.com › opinionatorThe Ashtray: The Ultimatum (Part 1) - The New York Times

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   Mar 6, 2011 · It was April, 1972. The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N. J. The home in the 1950s of Albert Einstein and Kurt Gödel. Thomas Kuhn, the author of “The Structure of Scientific...

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   Why is the ashtray important?

   • The Ashtray tells why—and in doing so, it makes a powerful case for Morris’s way of viewing the world, and the centrality to that view of a fundamental conception of the necessity of truth. “For me,” Morris writes, “truth is about the relationship between language and the world: a correspondence idea of truth.”

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   Why does Morris use the ashtray as a metaphor?

   • Morris uses the ashtray as a metaphor for the material reality that Morris believes Kuhn denied, as well what Morris views as Kuhn's intolerance of dissent from his theories.

   The Ashtray (Or the Man Who Denied Reality) - Wikipedia

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   What does ashtray mean in English?

   • Ashtrayis a noun. A nounis a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc. WHAT DOES ASHTRAYMEAN IN ENGLISH? Ashtray An ashtrayis a receptacle for ash from cigarettes and cigars.

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9. slate.com › culture › 2018Errol Morris’ book about Thomas Kuhn, The Ashtray, reviewed.

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   Jun 5, 2018 · The Ashtray is his latest, a scrappy continuation of his disagreement with Kuhn and an explanation of why he thinks Kuhn’s ideas, which bear a certain resemblance to Berkeley’s, are so...