Epistemological Studies.
Title:
Epistemological Studies.
Author:
Rescher, Nicholas.
ISBN:
9783110319491
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (121 pages)
Contents:
PREFACE -- Chapter 1 - INTELLIGENCE AND EVOLUTIONARY INNOVATION -- Chapter 2 - ON OVERSIMPLIFICATION AND THE GROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE -- Chapter 3 - VAGUENESS: SOME VARIANT APPROACHES -- Chapter 4 - UNDERDETERMINATION -- Chapter 5 - COGNITIVE COMPROMISE On Managing Cognitive Risk in the Face of Imperfect/Flawed Information -- Chapter 6 - AUTHORITY -- Chapter 7 - AN EXPLANATORY CONUNDRUM -- Chapter 8 - THE MUSICAL CHAIRS PARADOX -- Chapter 9 - TRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENTATION AND HUMAN NATURE -- Chapter 10 - A MULTITUDE OF WORLDS? -- NAME INDEX.
Abstract:
The present book continues Rescher's longstanding practice of publishing occasional studies written for formal presentation and informal discussion with colleagues. They form part of a wider program of investigation of the scope and limits of rational inquiry in the pursuit of knowledge.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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