Studies in philosophical inquiry / Nicholas Rescher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rescher, Nicholas.

Contributor:

Rescher, Nicholas, editor.

Series:

Nicholas Rescher collected papers ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inquiry (Theory of knowledge).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt ; New Brunswick : Ontos Verlag, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

set of studies of various central problems in contemporary philosophy--particularly issues relating to the theory of knowledge and to philosophical inquiry itself (metaphilosophy).

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

PREFACE

Chapter One: TEXTUALITY, REALITY, AND THE LIMITEDNESS OF KNOWLEDGE

Chapter Two: LIMITS OF KNOWLEDGE: UNANSWERABLE QUESTIONS AND UNKNOWABLE FACTS

Chapter Three: ON CONCEPTUAL CHANGE

Chapter Four: POSSIBILITY CONCEPTUALISM (AN ESSAY IN MODAL ONTOLOGY)

Chapter Five: THE FALLACY OF RESPECT NEGLECT

Chapter Six: ON DISTINCTIONS IN PHILOSOPHY

Chapter Seven: ON PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEMATIZATION: PLAUSIBILITY AND THE HEGELIAN VISION

Chapter Eight: THE UNIVERSALITY OF REASON (ON KANTIAN UNIVERSALIZATION IN MATTERS OF RATIONALITY AND MORALITY)

Chapter Ten: ETHICAL QUANTITIES

Chapter Eleven: THE SCOPE AND IMPORT OF PRAGMATISM (ON THE METHODOLOGY OF PRACTICAL REASON)

Chapter Twelve: REFERENTIAL ANALYSIS IN PHILOSOPHY (A FORAY IN METAPHILOSOPHY)

Name Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110326321

3110326329

OCLC:

922945841