Is Philosophy Dispensable? : : And Other Philosophical Essays / / Nicholas Rescher.
During 2005-2006 I continued my longstanding practice of writing occasional studies on philosophical topics, both for formal presentation and for informal discussion with colleagues. While my forays of this kind have usually issued in journal publications, this has not been so in the preset case so...
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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] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: IS PHILOSOPHY DISPENSABLE? (AN APORETIC ANALYSIS) -- Chapter 2: FIRST PRINCIPLES AND THEIR PLACE IN PHILOSOPHY -- Chapter 3: THE HUME-EDWARDS PRINCIPLE AND ITS PROBLEMS -- Chapter 4: THE LIMITS OF NATURALISM (NATURE AND CULTURE IN PERSPECTIVAL DUALITY) -- Chapter 5: ON UNIVERSALS, NATURAL KINDS, AND LAWS OF NATURE -- Chapter 6: AQUINAS AND THE PRINCIPLE OF EPISTEMIC DISPARITY -- Chapter 7: SELF-SUBSTANTIATING STATEMENTS -- Chapter 8: REGRET -- Chapter 9: THE PROBLEM OF EVIL -- Chapter 10: RATIONALITY, SELF-INTEREST, ALTRUISM, AND OBLIGATION -- Chapter 11: WHAT IS PRAGMATISM? -- Chapter 12: THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY -- NAME INDEX -- Backmatter |
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| Summary: | During 2005-2006 I continued my longstanding practice of writing occasional studies on philosophical topics, both for formal presentation and for informal discussion with colleagues. While my forays of this kind have usually issued in journal publications, this has not been so in the preset case so that the studies offered here encompass substantially new material. Notwithstanding their thematic variation, they manifest a uniformity of treatment and method in a way that is characteristic of my philosophical modus operandi and inherent is its endeavors to treat classical issues from novel points of view.' Nicholas Rescher |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9783110321166 9783110238570 9783110238488 9783110636949 9783110331226 9783110331219 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9783110321166 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Nicholas Rescher. |