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Epistemic issues in pragmatic perspective

Title
Epistemic issues in pragmatic perspective / Nicholas Rescher.
Author
Rescher, Nicholas
Publication
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]

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Description
xii, 228 pages; 24 cm
Series Statement
American philosophy series
Uniform Title
American philosophy series.
Subject
Knowledge, Theory of
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Sensible conjecture -- Imprecision -- Truth-contextuality and plausibility -- Managing imperfect information -- Common sense -- Terminating explanatory regress -- Quantitative epistemology -- On kinds of things -- Prediction and knowability -- Cognitive fashions -- Problems of absolute truth -- Unethical beliefs, reprehensible opinions -- Culpable ignorance -- Epistemic triage -- Inconceivable possibilities -- Optimalism in explaining the nature of things.
Call Number
JFE 18-5450
ISBN
  • 9781498563536
  • 1498563538
LCCN
2017041237
OCLC
1002111961
Author
Rescher, Nicholas, author.
Title
Epistemic issues in pragmatic perspective / Nicholas Rescher.
Publisher
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
American philosophy series
American philosophy series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Rescher, Nicholas. Epistemic issues in pragmatic perspective. Lanham : Lexington Books, 2017 9781498563543 (DLC) 2017044187
Research Call Number
JFE 18-5450
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