On rules and principles : a philosophical study of their nature and function / Nicholas Rescher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rescher, Nicholas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Principle (Philosophy).

Rules (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The present book is a natural outgrowth of Rescher's longstanding preoccupation with the rational systematization of our knowledge as manifested in such earlier works as Cognitive Systematization (Oxford: Blackwell, 1979), and Complexity (New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 1998). Accordingly, the role of principles in human affairs is crucial and ubiquitous. Principology, the theory of principles-underdeveloped through it may be-is accordingly bound to find a significant place in the sphere of philosophical inquiry regarding matters of thought and action.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

Contents

Part I: Rules

Chapter 1: Rules

Chapter 2: Rule Conflicts, Higher Order Rules, and Rules of Reason

Chapter 3: Functional Hierarchies

Chapter 4: Judgment and the Limited Reach of Rules

Chapter 5: Rules, the Social Order, and Morality

Part II: Principles

Chapter 6: Principles: Their Nature and Function

Chapter 7: Functional Hierarchies Again

Chapter 8: Principles of Rational Inquiry

Chapter 9: The Principle of Sufficient Reason

Chapter 10: Philosophical Principles

Chapter 11: Principles in Natural Philosophy

Chapter 12: Leibnizian Physics as a Case Study

Chapter 13: Moral Principles

Coda

References

Name Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-86838-089-2

3-11-032174-2

OCLC:

851972098