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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337684403321

Autore

Rescher Nicholas

Titolo

Philosophical Clarifications : Studies Illustrating the Methodology of Philosophical Elucidation / / by Nicholas Rescher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-15269-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 pages)

Disciplina

190

100

Soggetti

Philosophy

History - Philosophy

Philosophy of History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Chapter 1: On Philosophical Deliberation -- Chapter 2: On Philosophical Historiography -- Chapter 3: Pragmatic Perspectives -- Chapter 4: Imprecise Boundaries -- Chapter 5: Conjecture -- Chapter 6: The Limits of Language -- Chapter 7: Quantitative Epistemology -- Chapter 8: Issues of Explanation -- Chapter 9: Does Inference to the Best Explanation Work? -- Chapter 10: Contingency -- Chapter 11: Luck -- Chapter 12: The Protagoras Perplex -- Chapter 13: Acknowledging Scientific Contributions -- Chapter 14: Personal vs. Social Utilitarianism -- Chapter 15: On Excuses for Moral Obligation -- Chapter 16: On the Philosophy of Religion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is an integrated series of philosophical investigations that offers significant new insights into key philosophical concerns ranging from methodological issues to substantive doctrines. Consisting of three sections, it first deals with the nature of philosophizing itself and seeks to illustrate the project from the angle of the pragmatic tradition. The second section is devoted to issues of knowledge and how the cognitive project goes about producing results that are cogent and objective. The third and closing section considers how the ideas and perspectives of these considerations can be applied and implemented in various matters of personal judgment and practice.