02800nam 2200613 a 450 991095537910332120240313223238.03-86838-178-33-11-032921-210.1515/9783110329216(CKB)2550000001097184(OCoLC)853653835(CaPaEBR)ebrary10728841(SSID)ssj0001121705(PQKBManifestationID)11709443(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001121705(PQKBWorkID)11056797(PQKB)11091169(DE-B1597)211903(OCoLC)851970797(OCoLC)853258678(DE-B1597)9783110329216(Au-PeEL)EBL1195465(CaPaEBR)ebr10728841(CaONFJC)MIL503718(Perlego)653140(MiAaPQ)EBC1195465(EXLCZ)99255000000109718420130716d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrEpistemic merit and other essays on human knowledge /Nicholas RescherHeusenstamm [Germany] ontos20131 online resource (147 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph3-11-032874-7 1-299-72467-1 Includes bibliographical references. Frontmatter -- Preface -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Chapter 1: Epistemic Merit -- Chapter 2: Is Cognitive Self-Criticism Rationally Possible? -- Chapter 3: The Problem of Future Knowledge -- Chapter 4: Diminishing Returns -- Chapter 5: Practical vs. Theoretical Reason -- Chapter 6: On Evaluating Scientific Theories -- Chapter 7: Authority -- Chapter 8: Cognitive Diffusion -- Chapter 9: Modeling in Pragmatic Perspective -- Chapter 10: Historical Perspectives on the Systematization of Knowledge -- Chapter 11: Communicative Approximation in Philosophy -- Chapter 12: Particular Philosophies vs. Philosophy at Large -- Chapter 13: Ultimate ExplanationThe present book continues Rescher's longstanding practice of publishing groups of philosophical essays that originated in occasional lecture and conference presentations. Notwithstanding their topical diversity they exhibit a uniformity of method in a common attempt to view historically significant philosophical issues in the light of modern perspectives opened up through conceptual clarification.Knowledge, Theory ofKnowledge, Theory of.121Rescher Nicholas50144MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955379103321Epistemic merit4446011UNINA