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Autore |
Rescher Nicholas |
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Titolo |
Epistemological studies / / Nicholas Rescher |
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Frankfurt, : Ontos Verlag, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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3-86838-048-5 |
3-11-031949-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (121 p.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: INTELLIGENCE AND EVOLUTIONARY INNOVATION -- Chapter 2: ON OVERSIMPLIFICATION AND THE GROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE -- Chapter 3: VAGUENESS: SOME VARIANT APPROACHES -- Chapter 4: UNDERDETERMINATION -- Chapter 5: COGNITIVE COMPROMISE: On Managing Cognitive Risk in the Face of Imperfect/Flawed Information -- Chapter 6: AUTHORITY -- Chapter 7: AN EXPLANATORY CONUNDRUM -- Chapter 8: THE MUSICAL CHAIRS PARADOX -- Chapter 9: TRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENTATION AND HUMAN NATURE -- Chapter 10: A MULTITUDE OF WORLDS? -- Name Index -- Backmatter |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The present book continues Rescher's longstanding practice of publishing occasional studies written for formal presentation and informal discussion with colleagues. They form part of a wider program of investigation of the scope and limits of rational inquiry in the pursuit of knowledge. |
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