This book is an integrated series of philosophical investigations that offers significant new insights into key philosophical concerns ranging from methodological issues to substantive doctrines. Consisting of three sections, it first deals with the nature of philosophizing itself and seeks to illustrate the project from the angle of the pragmatic tradition. The second section is devoted to issues of knowledge and how the cognitive project goes about producing results that are cogent and objective. The third and closing section considers how the ideas and perspectives of these considerations can be applied and implemented in various matters of personal judgment and practice.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
PART I: ISSUES OF PHILOSOPHY
Introduction
Chapter 1: On Philosophical Deliberation
Chapter 2: On Philosophical Historiography
Chapter 3: Pragmatic Perspectives
PART II: ISSUES OF KNOWLEDGE
Chapter 4: Imprecise Boundaries
Chapter 5: Conjecture
Chapter 6: The Limits of Language
Chapter 7: Quantitative Epistemology
Chapter 8: Issues of Explanation
Chapter 9: Does Inference to the Best Explanation Work?
Chapter 10: Contingency
PART III: ISSUES OF PRACTICE
Chapter 11: Luck
Chapter 12: The Protagoras Perplex
Chapter 13: Acknowledging Scientific Contributions
Chapter 14: Personal vs. Social Utilitarianism
Chapter 15: On Excuses for Moral Obligation
Chapter 16: On the Philosophy of Religion
Über den Autor
Nicholas Rescher is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. In a productive research career extending over six decades, he has well over one hundred books to his credit. Fourteen books about Rescher’s philosophy have been published in five languages.Ebooks vom selben Autor / Herausgeber
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