Wishful thinking and other philosophical reflections / Nicholas Rescher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rescher, Nicholas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Thought and thinking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (116 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt ; New Brunswick : Ontos Verlag, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During 2007-2008 Nicholas Rescher continued his longstanding practice of writing occasional studies on philosophical topics, both for formal presentation and for informal discussion with colleagues. While his forays of this kind have usually been issued in journal publications, this has not been so in the present case so that the studies offered here encompass substantially new material. Notwithstanding their thematic variation, these exemplify a problem-oriented method in the treatment of philosophical issues that is characteristic of Rescher's philosophical modus operandi and inherent in its endeavors to treat classical issues from novel points of view. For Rescher usually more concerned with what should be said about a philosophical question than with what X, Y, and Z have said about it, and he inclined to address issues of the latter sort primarily as a means for addressing the former.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

PREFACE

Chapter 1: WISHFUL THINKING

Chapter 2: AGENCY AND THE FUTURE

Chapter 3: MIND MATTER PARTNERSHIP

Chapter 4: ON MORALITY AND ETHICS

Chapter 5: QUASI-OBJECTS

Chapter 6: LEGISLATED QUANTITIES

Chapter 7: TOTALIZATION AND ITS PROBLEMS

Chapter 8: PHILOSOPHICAL COUNTERARGUMENTATION

Chapter 9: ORIENTATIONAL PLURALISM

10: ANALYTICITY RECONSIDERED

Chapter 11: ON ISSUES OF EXPONENTIAL GROWTH

Bibliography

Name Index

About the Author

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-86838-030-2

3-11-032172-6

OCLC:

852656987