On certainty and other philosophical essays on cognition / / Nicholas Rescher.
On Certainty continues Rescher's longstanding practice of publishing occasional studies that form part of a wider program of investigation of the scope and limits of rational inquiry in the pursuit of understanding. And pragmatism forms a subtextual Leitmotiv of these essays, seeing that the li...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013] ©2011 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; Zahlr. Abb. |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1: On Certainty -- Chapter 2: Practical Inference in Theoretical Contexts -- Chapter 3: On the Complications of Epistemic Quality -- Chapter 4: Persuasion -- Chapter 5: Apory -- Chapter 6: Cognitive Obligation -- Chapter 7: Semantical Approximation -- Chapter 8: Cognitive Reflexivity and the Limits of Knowledge -- Chapter 9: Issues of Ultimate Explanation -- REFERENCES -- Name Index -- Backmatter |
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Summary: | On Certainty continues Rescher's longstanding practice of publishing occasional studies that form part of a wider program of investigation of the scope and limits of rational inquiry in the pursuit of understanding. And pragmatism forms a subtextual Leitmotiv of these essays, seeing that the linking idea at work throughout is that knowledge is a tool for the management of our theoretical and practical affairs, and that what we ask of it is serviceability for the uses we have in view. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110319774 9783110238570 9783110238488 9783110636949 9783110331226 9783110331219 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110319774 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Nicholas Rescher. |