Nicholas Rescher – författare
Visar alla böcker från författaren Nicholas Rescher. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
265 produkter
Process Philosophy
A Survey of Basic Issues
Häftad, 2000
628 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Process Philosophy surveys the basic issues and controversies surrounding the philosophical approach known as "process philosophy." Process philosophy views temporality, activity, and change as the cardinal factors for our understanding of the real—process has priority over product, both …
Process Metaphysics
An Introduction to Process Philosophy
Häftad, 1996
463 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Presents a synoptic, compact, and accessible exposition of this influential and interesting sector of twentieth-century American philosophy.This is a synoptic, compact, and accessible exposition for readers who want to inform themselves regarding this influential and interesting sector of …
Paradoxes
Their Roots, Range, and Resolution
Häftad, 2001
317 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A paradox (from the Greek word meaning “contrary to expectation”) is a statement that seems self-contradictory but may be true. Exploring the distinction between truth and plausibility, the author presents a standardized, straightforward approach for deciphering paradoxes — one that can be applied …
Pluralism
Against the Demand for Consensus
Häftad, 1995
1280 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Nicholas Rescher presents a critical reaction against two currently influential tendencies of thought. On the one hand, he rejects the facile relativism that pervades contemporary social and academic life. On the other hand, he opposes the rationalism inherent in new-contractarian theory - both in …
Nature and Understanding
The Metaphysics and Method of Science
Inbunden, 2000
1170 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Nature and Understanding explores the prospect of looking from a scientific point of view at such central ideas of traditional metaphysics as the simplicity of nature, its comprehensibility, or its systematic integrity. Rescher seeks to describe - in a way accessible to philosophers and …
Nature and Understanding
The Metaphysics and Method of Science
Häftad, 2003
895 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Nature and Understanding explores the prospect of looking from a scientific point of view at such central ideas of traditional metaphysics as the simplicity of nature, its comprehensibility, or its systematic integrity. Rescher seeks to describe - in a way accessible to philosophers and …
Objectivity
The Obligations of Impersonal Reason
Inbunden, 1997
1537 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Philosopher Nicholas Rescher presents an original pragmatic defense of objectivity. He employs reasoned argumentation in making the case for restoring objectivity to a place of prominence in philosophic and social discourse. By tracing it back to the very core of rationality itself, Rescher locates …
Objectivity
The Obligations of Impersonal Reason
Häftad, 1997
458 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This work argues the case for restoring objectivity to a place of prominence in philosphic and social discourse. By tracing the source of objectivity back to the core of rationality itself, it locates objectivity's reason for being deep in our nature as rational animals.
Metaphysical Perspectives
Inbunden, 2017
829 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Nicholas Rescher offers a grand vision of how to conceptualize, and in some cases answer, some of the most fundamental issues in metaphysics and value theory. He engages issues across a wide range of metaphysical themes, from different world views and ultimate questions to contingency and …
Logic of Commands
Inbunden, 2019
1530 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Originally published in 1966. Professor Rescher’s aim is to develop a "logic of commands" in exactly the same general way which standard logic has already developed a "logic of truth-functional statement compounds" or a "logic of quantifiers". The object is to present a tolerably accurate and …
Logic of Commands
Häftad, 2021
549 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Originally published in 1966. Professor Rescher’s aim is to develop a "logic of commands" in exactly the same general way which standard logic has already developed a "logic of truth-functional statement compounds" or a "logic of quantifiers". The object is to present a tolerably accurate and …
G.W. Leibniz's Monadology
Häftad, 1992
636 kr
Lägg i varukorg
G.W. Leibniz's Monadology , one of the most important pieces of the Leibniz corpus, is at once one of the great classics of modern philosophy and one of its most puzzling productions. Because the essay is written in so condensed and compact a fashion, for almost three centuries it has baffled and …
Ethical Idealism
Häftad, 1987
500 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Ethical Idealism: An Inquiry into the Nature and Function of Ideals explores the role of ideals in guiding human thought and action. The book argues that although ideals are often unrealistic and unachievable, they play an essential and productive role in human affairs. The first chapter contends …
Ethical Idealism
E-bok, 1987
347 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Ethical Idealism: An Inquiry into the Nature and Function of Ideals explores the role of ideals in guiding human thought and action. The book argues that although ideals are often unrealistic and unachievable, they play an essential and productive role in human affairs. The first chapter contends …
Ethical Idealism
Inbunden, 1987
818 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Ethical Idealism: An Inquiry into the Nature and Function of Ideals explores the role of ideals in guiding human thought and action. The book argues that although ideals are often unrealistic and unachievable, they play an essential and productive role in human affairs. The first chapter contends …
Epistemetrics
Häftad, 2011
732 kr
Lägg i varukorg
When this book was originally published in 2006, Epistemetrics was not as yet a scholarly discipline. With regard to scientific information there was the discipline of scientometrics, represented by a journal of that very name. Science, however, had a monopoly on knowledge. Although it is one of …
Presumption and the Practices of Tentative Cognition
Häftad, 2011
699 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Presumption is a remarkably versatile and pervasively useful resource. Firmly grounded in the law of evidence from its origins in classical antiquity, it made its way in the days of medieval scholasticism into the theory and practice of disputation and debate. Subsequently, it extended its reach to …
Kant and the Reach of Reason
Studies in Kant's Theory of Rational Systematization
Inbunden, 1999
1237 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The essays collected in this volume have a strong thematic and interpretative unity. Their underlying concern is with the overall nature of Kant's philosophical system, and thus with his deepest intentions and basic commitments. The book falls into three parts. The first three essays deal with …
Kant and the Reach of Reason
Studies in Kant's Theory of Rational Systematization
Häftad, 1999
471 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The essays collected in this volume have a strong thematic and interpretative unity. Their underlying concern is with the overall nature of Kant's philosophical system, and thus with his deepest intentions and basic commitments. The book falls into three parts. The first three essays deal with …
Epistemetrics
Inbunden, 2006
1481 kr
Lägg i varukorg
When this book was originally published in 2006, Epistemetrics was not as yet a scholarly discipline. With regard to scientific information there was the discipline of scientometrics, represented by a journal of that very name. Science, however, had a monopoly on knowledge. Although it is one of …
Presumption and the Practices of Tentative Cognition
Inbunden, 2006
1563 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Presumption is a remarkably versatile and pervasively useful resource. Firmly grounded in the law of evidence from its origins in classical antiquity, it made its way in the days of medieval scholasticism into the theory and practice of disputation and debate. Subsequently, it extended its reach to …
Philosophical Reasoning
A Study in the Methodology of Philosophizing
Inbunden, 2001
1638 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book is a study in the methodology of philosophical inquiry. It expounds and defends the thesis that systematization is the proper instrument of philosophical inquiry and that the effective pursuit of philosophy's mission calls for constructing a doctrinal system that answers our questions in …
Philosophical Reasoning
A Study in the Methodology of Philosophizing
Häftad, 2001
611 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book is a study in the methodology of philosophical inquiry. It expounds and defends the thesis that systematization is the proper instrument of philosophical inquiry and that the effective pursuit of philosophy's mission calls for constructing a doctrinal system that answers our questions in …
System of Pragmatic Idealism, Volume II
The Validity of Values, A Normative Theory of Evaluative Rationality
Häftad, 2014
468 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This is the second of the three volumes of A System of Pragmatic Idealism, a series that will synthesize the life's work of the philosopher Nicholas Rescher. Rescher's numerous books and articles, which address almost every major philosophical topic, reflect a unified approach: the combination of …
System of Pragmatic Idealism, Volume III
Metaphilosophical Inquiries
Häftad, 2014
477 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This is the third and final volume of A System of Pragmatic Idealism, a series that will synthesize the life's work of the philosopher Nicholas Rescher. Rescher's numerous books and articles, which address almost every major philosophical topic, reflect a unified approach: the combination of …
System of Pragmatic Idealism, Volume II
The Validity of Values, A Normative Theory of Evaluative Rationality
Inbunden, 2016
1901 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This is the second of the three volumes of A System of Pragmatic Idealism, a series that will synthesize the life's work of the philosopher Nicholas Rescher. Rescher's numerous books and articles, which address almost every major philosophical topic, reflect a unified approach: the combination of …
System of Pragmatic Idealism, Volume III
Metaphilosophical Inquiries
Inbunden, 2016
1901 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This is the third and final volume of A System of Pragmatic Idealism, a series that will synthesize the life's work of the philosopher Nicholas Rescher. Rescher's numerous books and articles, which address almost every major philosophical topic, reflect a unified approach: the combination of …
Unknowability
An Inquiry Into the Limits of Knowledge
Häftad, 2010
618 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The realities of mankind's cognitive situation are such that our knowledge of the world's ways is bound to be imperfect. None the less, the theory of unknowability—agnoseology as some have called it—is a rather underdeveloped branch of philosophy. In this philosophically rich and groundbreaking …
Axiogenesis
An Essay in Metaphysical Optimalism
Inbunden, 2010
1427 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Nicholas Rescher's book Axiogenesis: An Essay in Metaphysical Optimalism is a detailed exposition of axiogenerts: the philosophical theory seeking to explain the world's facts on the basis of evaluative considerations. In classical antiquity, this theory was espoused by Plato (in the Timaeus) and …
Metaphilosophy
Philosophy in Philosophical Perspective
Inbunden, 2014
1569 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The definitive mission of metaphilosophy is to facilitate an understanding of how philosophy works—the aim of the enterprise, the instrumental and procedural resources for its work, and the prospect of its success. Nicholas Rescher unites two facets of metaphilosophy to show that historical …
