The studies collected here are united both by a common methodology of probative investigation and by their common purpose of providing instructive insight into a varied spectrum of important philosophical issues.
The studies collected here are united both by a common methodology of probative investigation and by their common purpose of providing instructive insight into a varied spectrum of important philosophical issues.
Nicholas Rescher is distinguished university professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. In a research career extending over six decades, he has published over three hundred articles and written over a hundred philosophy texts, including A System of Pragmatic Idealism, The Limits of Science, Conditionals, Philosophical Reasoning: A Study in the Methodology of Philosphizing, Enlightening Journey: The Autobiography of an American Scholar, and Unknowability: An Inquiry Into the Limits of Knowledge.
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Part 1 Introduction Part 2 On Philosophizing and Metaphilosophy Chapter 3 The Rise and Fall of Analytic Philosophy Chapter 4 End-of-the-Century Philosophizing: A Return to Systems? Chapter 5 Who Has Won the Big Battles of Twentieth-Century Philosophy? Chapter 6 Perspectives on Nature in American Thought Part 7 On Values and Human Affairs Chapter 8 Nomic Hierarchies and Problems of Relativism Chapter 9 Is Reasoning about Values Viciously Circular? Chapter 10 Homo Optans: On the Human Condition and the Burden of Choice Chapter 11 Risking Democracy: Some Reflections on Contemporary Problems of Political Decision Part 12 Bibliography Part 13 Index
Part 1 Introduction Part 2 On Philosophizing and Metaphilosophy Chapter 3 The Rise and Fall of Analytic Philosophy Chapter 4 End-of-the-Century Philosophizing: A Return to Systems? Chapter 5 Who Has Won the Big Battles of Twentieth-Century Philosophy? Chapter 6 Perspectives on Nature in American Thought Part 7 On Values and Human Affairs Chapter 8 Nomic Hierarchies and Problems of Relativism Chapter 9 Is Reasoning about Values Viciously Circular? Chapter 10 Homo Optans: On the Human Condition and the Burden of Choice Chapter 11 Risking Democracy: Some Reflections on Contemporary Problems of Political Decision Part 12 Bibliography Part 13 Index
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