Epistemic merit : and other essays on human knowledge / / Nicholas Rescher

• Autore: Rescher Nicholas
• Pubblicazione: Heusenstamm [Germany], : ontos, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (147 p.)
• Disciplina: 121
• Soggetto topico: Knowledge, Theory of
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Explanation
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Epistemic merit
• ISBN: 3-11-032921-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811865803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II