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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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