Studies in idealism / Nicholas Rescher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rescher, Nicholas.

Contributor:

Rescher, Nicholas, editor.

Series:

Collected Papers ; Volume 3

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. 2005

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Idealism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

set of studies of various ideas and theories that play a key role in contemporary idealism and are important for the pragmatic idealism that Nicholas Rescher long was developing.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

PREFACE

Chapter 1. WHAT SORT OF IDEALISM IS VIABLE TODAY?

Chapter 2. REALITY IN THE LIGHT OF REALISM AND IDEALISM

Chapter 3. THE ARGUMENTS FROM ERROR AND IGNORANCE: AN EPISTEMIC APPROACH TO FACTUAL REALISM

Chapter 4. PRAGMATIC IDEALISM AND METAPHYSICAL REALISM

Chapter 5. POSSIBILITY CONCEPTUALISM AS AN APPROACH TO MODAL ONTOLOGY

Chapter 6. OPTIMALISM AND THE RATIONALITY OF THE REAL: ON THE PROSPECTS OF AXIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION

Chapter 7. THE REVOLT AGAINST ABSOLUTES IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY

Chapter 8. THE ABSOLUTE: A CONCISE HISTORY

Chapter 9. DIALECTIC: A BRIEF HISTORY

Chapter 10. McTAGGART'S LOGICAL DETERMINISM

Chapter 11. BLANSHARD AND THE COHERENCE THEORY OF TRUTH

Name Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110326307

3110326302

OCLC:

922945711