Rescher studies : a collection of essays on the philosophical work of Nicholas Rescher / Robert Almeder, (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Almeder, Robert F.

Series:

Reading Rescher

Reading Rescher ; v. 2

Reading Rescher ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Rescher, Nicholas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (583 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a career extending over almost six decades, Nicholas Rescher has conducted researches in almost every principal area of philosophy, historical and systematic alike. In this extraordinary volume, two dozen scholars join in offering penetrating discussions of various facets of Rescher's investigations. The result is an instructively critical panorama of the many-faceted contributions of this important American philosopher. Born in Germany in 1928, Nicholas Rescher came to the U.S. at the age of nine. He is University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh where he has also se

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

The Limits of Science, Realism, and Idealism / Almeder, Robert

On Possibilities and Thought Experiments / Batens, Diderik

Coherentism and Coherence Truth in the Philosophy of Nicholas Rescher / Brown, Bryson

Philosophical Anthropology / Felt, James W.

Pluralism and Consensus / Goodman, Lenn E.

Meditations, Wagers, and Existential Issues: Nicholas Rescher on Religion and Philosophy / Haldane, John

Rescher's Metaphysics / Jaworski, William

The Limits of Science Reconsidered / Majer, Ulrich

Conceivability / Marconi, Diego

Weird Worlds / Meyer, Robert K

Nicholas Rescher on Greek Philosophy and the Syllogism / Mittelstrass, Jürgen / Schroeder-Heister, Peter

Rescher's Evolutionary Epistemology / Mosterín, Jesús

Common Sense / Pitt, Joseph C.

Systematic Philosophy and Theoretical Framework on Nicholas Rescher's A System of Pragmatic Idealism / Puntel, Lorenz B.

On Rescher's View of Idealism (and Pragmatism) / Rockmore, Tom

Rescher on Arabic Logic / Street, Tony

Philosophy in the Future / Stroll, Avrum

Rescher on Explanation and Prediction / Fraassen, Bas C. van

Nicholas Rescher on Scientific Progress: Science in the Face of Limited Cognitive and Technological Resources / Leiber, Theodor / Wagner-Döbler, Roland

Rescher on Dialog Systems, Argumentation, and Burden of Proof / Walton, Douglas / Godden, David M.

Rescher on Process Thought / Weber, Michel

How is Scientific Knowledge Economically Possible?: Nicholas Rescher's Contributions to an Economic Understanding of Science / Wible, James R.

Possibility, Plenitude, and the Optimal World: Rescher on Leibniz's Cosmology / Wilson, Catherine

Rescher on Aporetics and Consistency / Woods, John

Responses to the Contributed Essays

Work by and about Nicholas Rescher

List of Contributors

Backmatter

Notes:

"Presented to him on the occasion of his 80th birthday."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-938793-97-X

3-11-032909-3

OCLC:

851970783