On Rules and Principles /

On Rules and Principles / / Nicholas Rescher.

The present book is a natural outgrowth of Rescher's longstanding preoccupation with the rational systematization of our knowledge as manifested in such earlier works as Cognitive Systematization (Oxford: Blackwell, 1979), and Complexity (New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 1998). Accordingl...

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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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Rescher, Nicholas,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]
©2010
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Contents
  • Part I: Rules
  • Chapter 1: Rules
  • Chapter 2: Rule Conflicts, Higher Order Rules, and Rules of Reason
  • Chapter 3: Functional Hierarchies
  • Chapter 4: Judgment and the Limited Reach of Rules
  • Chapter 5: Rules, the Social Order, and Morality
  • Part II: Principles
  • Chapter 6: Principles: Their Nature and Function
  • Chapter 7: Functional Hierarchies Again
  • Chapter 8: Principles of Rational Inquiry
  • Chapter 9: The Principle of Sufficient Reason
  • Chapter 10: Philosophical Principles
  • Chapter 11: Principles in Natural Philosophy
  • Chapter 12: Leibnizian Physics as a Case Study
  • Chapter 13: Moral Principles
  • Coda
  • References
  • Name Index
  • Backmatter

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