Rescher studies [[electronic resource] ] : a collection of essays on the philosophical work of Nicholas Rescher / / Robert Almeder, (ed.)

• Pubblicazione: Frankfurt, : Ontos Verlag, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (583 p.)
• Disciplina: 100
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: AlmederRobert F
• Note generali: "Presented to him on the occasion of his 80th birthday."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- The Limits of Science, Realism, and Idealism / Almeder, Robert -- On Possibilities and Thought Experiments / Batens, Diderik -- Coherentism and Coherence Truth in the Philosophy of Nicholas Rescher / Brown, Bryson -- Philosophical Anthropology / Felt, James W. -- Pluralism and Consensus / Goodman, Lenn E. -- Meditations, Wagers, and Existential Issues: Nicholas Rescher on Religion and Philosophy / Haldane, John -- Rescher's Metaphysics / Jaworski, William -- The Limits of Science Reconsidered / Majer, Ulrich -- Conceivability / Marconi, Diego -- Weird Worlds / Meyer, Robert K -- Nicholas Rescher on Greek Philosophy and the Syllogism / Mittelstrass, Jürgen / Schroeder-Heister, Peter -- Rescher's Evolutionary Epistemology / Mosterín, Jesús -- Common Sense / Pitt, Joseph C. -- Systematic Philosophy and Theoretical Framework on Nicholas Rescher's A System of Pragmatic Idealism / Puntel, Lorenz B. -- On Rescher's View of Idealism (and Pragmatism) / Rockmore, Tom -- Rescher on Arabic Logic / Street, Tony -- Philosophy in the Future / Stroll, Avrum -- Rescher on Explanation and Prediction / Fraassen, Bas C. van -- Nicholas Rescher on Scientific Progress: Science in the Face of Limited Cognitive and Technological Resources / Leiber, Theodor / Wagner-Döbler, Roland -- Rescher on Dialog Systems, Argumentation, and Burden of Proof / Walton, Douglas / Godden, David M. -- Rescher on Process Thought / Weber, Michel -- How is Scientific Knowledge Economically Possible?: Nicholas Rescher's Contributions to an Economic Understanding of Science / Wible, James R. -- Possibility, Plenitude, and the Optimal World: Rescher on Leibniz's Cosmology / Wilson, Catherine -- Rescher on Aporetics and Consistency / Woods, John -- Responses to the Contributed Essays -- Work by and about Nicholas Rescher -- List of Contributors -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: In a career extending over almost six decades, Nicholas Rescher has conducted researches in almost every principal area of philosophy, historical and systematic alike. In this extraordinary volume, two dozen scholars join in offering penetrating discussions of various facets of Rescher's investigations. The result is an instructively critical panorama of the many-faceted contributions of this important American philosopher. Born in Germany in 1928, Nicholas Rescher came to the U.S. at the age of nine. He is University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh where he has also se
• Titolo autorizzato: Rescher studies
• ISBN: 3-11-032909-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452715603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Reading Rescher