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Epistemic principles : a primer for the theory of knowledge / Nicholas Rescher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rescher, Nicholas, author.
- Series:
- American university studies. Philosophy ; Series V, v. 228.
- American university studies, series v, philosophy ; vol. 228
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Knowledge, Theory of.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 172 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2017]
- Summary:
- Epistemic Principles: A Primer of the Theory of Knowledge presents a compact account of the basic principles of the theory of knowledge, In doing this, Nicholas Rescher aims to fill the current gap in contemporary philosophical theory of knowledge with a comprehensive analysis of epistemological fundamentals. The book is not a mere inventory of such rules and principles, but rather interweaves them into a continuous exposition of basic issues. Written at a user-friendly and accessible level, Epistemic Principles is an essential addition for both advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in epistemology. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Principles
- Questions
- Ideas
- Principles of truth and acceptance
- Presumption as a pathway to plausibility
- Conjecture and the move from mere plausibility and presumption to acceptability
- Plausibility conflicts and paradox
- From conjecture to belief and from belief to knowledge
- The epistemic gap and grades of acceptance
- Cognitive thresholds
- Intuitive knowledge
- Experience and induction
- Distributive vs. collective explanation
- Cognitive importance
- Problems of prediction
- Error and cognitive risk
- Problems of skepticism
- Trust
- Common sense
- How science works
- Scientific realism and its problems
- The anthomorphic contextuality of science
- Ignorance and limits of knowledge
- On systemic "best fit" reasoning
- Inference from the best systematization
- The cyclic unity of reason
- Fact, fiction and functional surrogacy
- A pragmatic coda.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781433135477
- 1433135477
- OCLC:
- 961034908
- Publisher Number:
- 99970377402
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