Research Catalog

Title

Espionage, statecraft, and the theory of reporting : a philosophical essay on intelligence management / Nicholas Rescher.

Author

• Rescher, Nicholas.
• Rescher, Nicholas

Publication

• [Pittsburgh, Pa.] : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
• ©2018

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Details

Description

vii, 179 pages : illustrations; 18 cm

Summary

Everything we know about what goes on in the world comes to us through reports, information transmitted through human communication. We rely on reports, which can take any number of forms, to convey useful information, and we derive knowledge from that information. It's no surprise, then, that reporting has many philosophical dimensions. Because it plays such a major role in knowledge management, as Nicholas Rescher argues, the epistemology of reporting not only deserves our attention but also sheds important light on how we understand the theory of knowledge. This book offers a clear, accessible introduction to the theory of reporting, with a special emphasis on national security, particularly military and diplomatic reporting, drawing on examples from historical accounts of espionage and statecraft from the Second World War. Rescher explores the various issues and problems related to the production and reception of reports - including reporter expertise and trustworthiness, transmission modalities, confidentiality, cognitive importance, and the interpretation, evaluation, and utilization of reports - providing readers with a distinctive and well organized philosophical clarification of some central features of the theory of reporting. --

Subject

• Knowledge, Theory of
• Reporters and reporting
• Military intelligence
• Espionage

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-174) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Chapter 1 Reports and our need for information -- Chapter 2 Reporting and its sources -- Chapter 3 Content matters -- Chapter 4 Transmission -- Chapter 5 Reception -- Chapter 6 Cognitive importance -- Chapter 7 Interpretation problems -- Chapter 8 Evaluation -- Chapter 9 Utilization -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JFC 18-145

ISBN

• 0822944731
• 9780822944737

LCCN

40027881000

OCLC

959276125

Author

Rescher, Nicholas.

Rescher, Nicholas, author.

Title

Espionage, statecraft, and the theory of reporting : a philosophical essay on intelligence management / Nicholas Rescher.

Publisher

[Pittsburgh, Pa.] : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-174) and index.

Other Standard Identifier

40027881000

Research Call Number

JFC 18-145