LEADER 02800nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910955379103321 005 20240313223238.0 010 $a3-86838-178-3 010 $a3-11-032921-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110329216 035 $a(CKB)2550000001097184 035 $a(OCoLC)853653835 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10728841 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001121705 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11709443 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001121705 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11056797 035 $a(PQKB)11091169 035 $a(DE-B1597)211903 035 $a(OCoLC)851970797 035 $a(OCoLC)853258678 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110329216 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1195465 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10728841 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL503718 035 $a(Perlego)653140 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1195465 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001097184 100 $a20130716d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEpistemic merit $eand other essays on human knowledge /$fNicholas Rescher 210 $aHeusenstamm [Germany] $contos$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (147 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a3-11-032874-7 311 08$a1-299-72467-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tPreface -- $tTABLE OF CONTENTS -- $tChapter 1: Epistemic Merit -- $tChapter 2: Is Cognitive Self-Criticism Rationally Possible? -- $tChapter 3: The Problem of Future Knowledge -- $tChapter 4: Diminishing Returns -- $tChapter 5: Practical vs. Theoretical Reason -- $tChapter 6: On Evaluating Scientific Theories -- $tChapter 7: Authority -- $tChapter 8: Cognitive Diffusion -- $tChapter 9: Modeling in Pragmatic Perspective -- $tChapter 10: Historical Perspectives on the Systematization of Knowledge -- $tChapter 11: Communicative Approximation in Philosophy -- $tChapter 12: Particular Philosophies vs. Philosophy at Large -- $tChapter 13: Ultimate Explanation 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aKnowledge, Theory of 615 0$aKnowledge, Theory of. 676 $a121 700 $aRescher$b Nicholas$050144 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910955379103321 996 $aEpistemic merit$94446011 997 $aUNINA