02583nam 2200613 a 450 991097313640332120240313223656.03-86838-048-53-11-031949-710.1515/9783110319491(CKB)2550000001096966(EBL)1195564(OCoLC)851970979(SSID)ssj0000801329(PQKBManifestationID)11508633(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000801329(PQKBWorkID)10793337(PQKB)11526095(DE-B1597)210503(OCoLC)1013954695(OCoLC)853259212(DE-B1597)9783110319491(Au-PeEL)EBL1195564(CaPaEBR)ebr10728989(CaONFJC)MIL503500(Perlego)654455(MiAaPQ)EBC1195564(EXLCZ)99255000000109696620130809d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEpistemological studies /Nicholas RescherFrankfurt Ontos Verlag20091 online resource (121 p.)Description based upon print version of record.3-11-031914-4 1-299-72249-0 Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 -- BackmatterThe 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. Knowledge, Theory ofKnowledge, Theory of.121Rescher Nicholas50144MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910973136403321Epistemological studies4445890UNINA