Rescher, Nicholas.
On the Nature of Philosophy and Other Philosophical Essays. - 1 online resource (142 pages)
Intro -- THE NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY AND OTHER PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS: Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One: THE NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY -- Chapter Two: PHILOSOPHICAL REFUTATION -- Chapter Three: PRAGMATISM AND PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY -- Chapter Four: SELF-CONTRADICTION -- Chapter Five: ON ISSUES OF PRIORITY -- Chapter Six: THE MIRAGE OF IMMEDIATE FACTUAL KNOWLEDGE -- Chapter Seven: COGNITIVE COMPLEMENTARITY -- Chapter Eight: INDUCTION IN PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVE -- Chapter Nine: ETHICS 101: THE BASICS OF MORALITY -- Chapter Ten: THOUGHT FASHIONS -- Chapter Eleven: MULTIASPECTIVAL EVALUATION -- Name Index.
This book continues Rescher's longstanding practice of publishing groups of philosophical essays. Notwithstanding their thematic diversity, these discussions exhibit a uniformity of method in addressing philosophical issues via a mixture of historical contextualization, analytical scrutiny, and common-sensical concern. Their interest, such as it is, lies not just in what they do but in how they do it.
9783110320206
Philosophy.
Electronic books.
B29.R47 2012eb
On the Nature of Philosophy and Other Philosophical Essays. - 1 online resource (142 pages)
Intro -- THE NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY AND OTHER PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS: Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One: THE NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY -- Chapter Two: PHILOSOPHICAL REFUTATION -- Chapter Three: PRAGMATISM AND PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY -- Chapter Four: SELF-CONTRADICTION -- Chapter Five: ON ISSUES OF PRIORITY -- Chapter Six: THE MIRAGE OF IMMEDIATE FACTUAL KNOWLEDGE -- Chapter Seven: COGNITIVE COMPLEMENTARITY -- Chapter Eight: INDUCTION IN PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVE -- Chapter Nine: ETHICS 101: THE BASICS OF MORALITY -- Chapter Ten: THOUGHT FASHIONS -- Chapter Eleven: MULTIASPECTIVAL EVALUATION -- Name Index.
This book continues Rescher's longstanding practice of publishing groups of philosophical essays. Notwithstanding their thematic diversity, these discussions exhibit a uniformity of method in addressing philosophical issues via a mixture of historical contextualization, analytical scrutiny, and common-sensical concern. Their interest, such as it is, lies not just in what they do but in how they do it.
9783110320206
Philosophy.
Electronic books.
B29.R47 2012eb
