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| Title: | Epistemic Pragmatism
: & Other Studies in the Theory of Knowledge |
| Author: | Nicholas Rescher |
| ISBN: | 3868380035 : 9783868380033 |
| Illustrations: | tables & charts |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 150x210mm |
| Pages: | 174 |
| Weight: | .434 Kg. |
| Published: | Ontos Verlag - July 2008 |
| List Price: | 62.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Pragmatics: PHILOSOPHY |
The core of pragmatism lies in the concept of functional efficacy -- of utility in short. And epistemic pragmatism accordingly focuses on the utility of our devices and practices in relation to the aims and purposes of the cognitive enterprise -- answering questions, resolving puzzlement, guiding action. The present book revolves around this theme. All papers in this book bear on epistemological topics which have preoccupied Nicholas Rescher for many years. Much as with the thematic structure of this book, this interest expanded from an initial concern with the exact sciences, to encompass the epistemology of the human sciences, and ultimately the epistemology of philosophy itself.
Preface; Epistemic Pragmatism; Linguistic Pragmatism; On Cognitive Finitude and Limitations; On Cognitive Economics; The Uneasy Union of Ideality and Pragmatism in Inquiry; On Inconsistency and Provisional Acceptance; On Realism and the Problem of Transparent Facts; On Fallacies of Aggregation; Leibniz and the Conditions of Identity; Worldly Woes: The Trouble with Possible Worlds; Trigraphs: A Resource for Illustration In Philosophy; Fragmentation and Disintegration in Philosophy (Its Grounds and it Implications).
