Being and Value and Other Philosophical Essays.
Title:
Being and Value and Other Philosophical Essays.
Author:
Rescher, Nicholas.
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9783110321340
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1 online resource (208 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: BEING AND VALUE On the Prospects of Optimalism -- Chapter 2 ON EVOLUTION AND INTELLIGENTDESIGN -- Chapter 3 MIND AND MATTER -- Chapter 4 FALLACIES REGARDING FREEWILL -- Chapter 5 SOPHISTICATING NAÏVE REALISM -- Chapter 6 TAXONOMIC COMPLEXITY AND THELAWS OF NATURE -- Chapter 7 PRACTICAL VS. THEORETICALREASON -- Chapter 8 PRAGMATISM AS A GROWTHINDUSTRY -- Chapter 9 COST-BENEFIT EPISTEMOLOGY -- Chapter 10 QUANTIFYING QUALITY(ON THE THEORY OF ELITES) -- Chapter 11 EXPLANATORY SURDITY -- Chapter 12 CAN PHILOSOPHY BE OBJECTIVE? -- Chapter 13 ON ONTOLOGY IN COGNITIVEPERSPECTIVE -- Chapter 14 PLENUM THEORY [Essay written jointly with Patrick Grim] -- Chapter 15 ONOMETRICS On Referential Analysis in Philosophy -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Name Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
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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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