Minding Matter

And Other Essays in Philosophical Inquiry

AvNicholas Rescher

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

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Minding Matter presents a group of philosophical essays thematically divided. The first chapters deal with issues of philosophizing and metaphilosophy. The remainder of the book covers issues of values and human affairs. The studies collected within are united by a common methodology of probative investigation and their common purpose to provide instructive insight into a varied spectrum of important philosophical issues. Each essay is connected to the next by representing common modus operandi, deploying the classificatory techniques that characterize the analytical mode of philosophizing in an endeavor to elucidate some larger-scale issues of traditional concerns in philosophy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-09-12
Mått:163 x 240 x 15 mm
Vikt:370 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:160
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780742512689

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Filosofi inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Nicholas Rescher is University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. A former president of the American Philosophical Association, he is an honorary member of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He has held visiting lectureship at Oxford, Constance, Salamanca, Munich, and Marburg. As the author of more than eighty works ranging over many areas of philosophy, he was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Prize for Scholarship in 1984.

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This new collection of reflections on contemporary philosophy and culture is remarkable for both its synoptic power and its breadth of vision. Rescher writes with clarity, historical wisdom, and thought-provoking insight. A delight to read.

Innehållsförteckning

Part 1 IntroductionPart 2 On Philosophizing and MetaphilosophyChapter 3 The Rise and Fall of Analytic PhilosophyChapter 4 End-of-the-Century Philosophizing: A Return to Systems?Chapter 5 Who Has Won the Big Battles of Twentieth-Century Philosophy?Chapter 6 Perspectives on Nature in American ThoughtPart 7 On Values and Human AffairsChapter 8 Nomic Hierarchies and Problems of RelativismChapter 9 Is Reasoning about Values Viciously Circular?Chapter 10 Homo Optans: On the Human Condition and the Burden of ChoiceChapter 11 Risking Democracy: Some Reflections on Contemporary Problems of Political DecisionPart 12 BibliographyPart 13 Index