03130nam 2200613 a 450 991077972230332120230725061539.03-11-032174-210.1515/9783110321746(CKB)2550000001096804(EBL)1215553(OCoLC)851972098(SSID)ssj0001013029(PQKBManifestationID)11667457(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001013029(PQKBWorkID)11053291(PQKB)10384235(MiAaPQ)EBC1215553(DE-B1597)210854(OCoLC)1013946523(OCoLC)853266709(DE-B1597)9783110321746(Au-PeEL)EBL1215553(CaPaEBR)ebr10728662(CaONFJC)MIL503338(EXLCZ)99255000000109680420130717d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOn rules and principles[electronic resource] a philosophical study of their nature and function /Nicholas RescherFrankfurt Ontos Verlag20101 online resource (233 p.)Description based upon print version of record.3-11-031925-X 1-299-72087-0 Includes bibliographical references and index. Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- Contents -- Part I: Rules -- Chapter 1: Rules -- Chapter 2: Rule Conflicts, Higher Order Rules, and Rules of Reason -- Chapter 3: Functional Hierarchies -- Chapter 4: Judgment and the Limited Reach of Rules -- Chapter 5: Rules, the Social Order, and Morality -- Part II: Principles -- Chapter 6: Principles: Their Nature and Function -- Chapter 7: Functional Hierarchies Again -- Chapter 8: Principles of Rational Inquiry -- Chapter 9: The Principle of Sufficient Reason -- Chapter 10: Philosophical Principles -- Chapter 11: Principles in Natural Philosophy -- Chapter 12: Leibnizian Physics as a Case Study -- Chapter 13: Moral Principles -- Coda -- References -- Name Index -- BackmatterThe present book is a natural outgrowth of Rescher's longstanding preoccupation with the rational systematization of our knowledge as manifested in such earlier works as Cognitive Systematization (Oxford: Blackwell, 1979), and Complexity (New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 1998). Accordingly, the role of principles in human affairs is crucial and ubiquitous. Principology, the theory of principles-underdeveloped through it may be-is accordingly bound to find a significant place in the sphere of philosophical inquiry regarding matters of thought and action. Principle (Philosophy)Rules (Philosophy)Principle (Philosophy)Rules (Philosophy)128.33Rescher Nicholas50144MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779722303321On rules and principles3680382UNINA