Studies in Quantitative Philosophizing / / Nicholas Rescher.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Rescher, Nicholas,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; Zahlr. Abb.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Chapter 1: On The Epistemology Of Plato'S Divided Line --; Chapter 2: Aristotle'S Golden Mean And The Epistemology Of Ethical Understanding --; Chapter 3: Ockham'S Razor And Ontological Economy --; Chapter 4: Pascal'S Wager In Religion Chapter --; Chapter 5: Leibniz On Coordinating Epistemology And Ontology --; Chapter 6: Ethical Quantities --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110319613; 9783110238570; 9783110238488; 9783110636949; 9783110331219
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110319613
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Nicholas Rescher.

The present book brings together several case studies, dealing with relevant facets of the work of some of philosophy's all-time greats. The subject-matter topic being addressed differs significantly, but in each case there is an attempt to apply mathematical methods and perspectives to the solution of a key philosophical issue in a way that throws instructive light upon it. On this basis it emerges that the question "Are mathematical methods useful in philosophy?" finds a suggestive response in the fact that over two millennia key figures in the history of the subject have indeed thought so. And they have substantiated this view not so much by abstract argumentation on the basis of general principles, but by making this point through actual practice.