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Epistemological studies / Nicholas Rescher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rescher, Nicholas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Knowledge, Theory of.
- Intellect.
- Physical Description:
- 112 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Frankfurt ; New Brunswick : Ontos Verlag ; Piscataway, NJ : Transaction Books [distributor], 2009.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Intelligence and evolutionary innovation
- On oversimplification and the growth of knowledge
- Vagueness: some variant approaches
- Underdetermination
- Cognitive compromise: on managing cognitive risk in the face of imperfect/flawed information
- Authority
- An explanatory conundrum
- The musical chairs paradox
- Transcendental argumentation and human nature
- A multitude of worlds?
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.
- ISBN:
- 3868380485
- 9783868380484
- OCLC:
- 558595151
- Publisher Number:
- 99937549120
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