Research Catalog

Title

The realm of facts : aspects of philosophical realism / Nicholas Rescher.

Author

Rescher, Nicholas

Publication

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2020]

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Description

xi, 185 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

Knowledge of facts is essential for the management of life. Most studies of the subject examine how we go about trying to obtain it; they describe the processes and proceedings of rational inquiry. The present work steps back from this to inquire into the limits and limitations of such processes and to identify the assets and the limitabilities of what they are able to supply for us. It examines how knowledge of facts is secured and consolidated as such, and what the resulting information can and cannot provide. It argues that the unavoidable incompleteness of our factual information also endows it with an element of incorrectness. By looking also at the negative side of human inquiry the book?s perspective clarifies the nature of our grip on the facts that constitute our view of the reality of things.

Series Statement

Epistemic studies: philosophy of science, cognition and mind

Uniform Title

Epistemische Studien (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; v. 39.

Subject

Realism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 20-4685

ISBN

• 9783110669350
• 3110669358

OCLC

1117634311

Author

Rescher, Nicholas, author.

Title

The realm of facts : aspects of philosophical realism / Nicholas Rescher.

Publisher

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2020]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Epistemic studies: philosophy of science, cognition and mind

Epistemische Studien (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; v. 39.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 20-4685