1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453650803321

Autore

Rescher Nicholas

Titolo

The pragmatic vision : themes in philosophical pragmatism / / Nicholas Rescher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4422-2706-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (165 p.)

Disciplina

144/.3

Soggetti

Pragmatism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Chapter One. The Pragmatic Vision; Chapter Two. Theoretical Utility: On Theory and Practice in Pragmatic Perspective; Chapter Three. Knowledge in Pragmatic Perspective; Chapter Four. Leaping in the Dark and Other Aspects of Rational Inquiry; Chapter Five. Supposition as a Pragmatic Device; Chapter Six. Induction as a Pragmatic Resource; Chapter Seven. Fact and Value in Pragmatic Perspective; Chapter Eight. Free Will in Pragmatic Perspective; Chapter Nine. On Explaining and Evaluating Human Actions; Chapter Ten. Condemnation versus Blame in Pragmatic Perspective

Chapter Eleven. On the Pragmatic Role of Positive Interpersonal AttitudesChapter Twelve. The Pragmatics of Betterment; Chapter Thirteen. Can Pragmatism Validate Itself?; Chapter Fourteen. Pragmatism and Religion; Name Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines how pragmatism's central idea can be applied and implemented across the entire range of philosophical deliberations, ranging from theory of knowledge and the value theory to the explanation of human action and even to matters of ethics and religion.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785748303321

Autore

Pamphilus, Presbyter of Caesarea, <3rd/4th cent.>

Titolo

Apology for Origen [[electronic resource] /] / St. Pamphilus. With the letter of Rufinus on the falsification of the books of Origen ; translated by Thomas P. Scheck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8132-1220-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Collana

The fathers of the church ; ; v. 120

Altri autori (Persone)

ScheckThomas P. <1964->

Rufinus, of Aquileia,  <345-410.>

Disciplina

270.1092

Soggetti

Christian literature, Early

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Cover""; ""Series Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgment""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Select Bibliography""; ""Introduction""; ""St. Pamphilus, Apology for Origen""; ""Preface of Rufinus""; ""Apology for Origen""; ""Rufinus, On the Falsification of the Books of Origen""; ""On the Falsification of the Books of Origen""; ""General Index""; ""Index of Holy Scripture""; ""Index of Origen�s Works""