Research Catalog

Title

Idealism and praxis : the philosophy of Nicholas Rescher / Michele Marsonet.

Author

Marsonet, Michele.

Publication

Heusenstamm : Ontos Verlag, 2008.

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Details

Description

vi, 245 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

"This work manages to present a complete and informative overview of Nicholas Rescher's philosophy. A prominent representative of contemporary pragmatism and of 20th century's thought at large, Rescher wrote an impressive amount of volumes and essays on a wide variety of philosophical topics. The present book purports to make his theses and theories accessible in one single volume. Moreover, it provides an apparatus of references to the relevant literature produced by Rescher's critics, and positions his work in the wider setting of its links with various contemporary American and European philosophers. The mixture of pragmatism and idealism, typical of Rescher's stance, is carefully taken into account, along with his contributions to logic, philosophy of science, metaphysics, theory of knowledge, ethics, social and political philosophy."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Reading Rescher ; v. 3

Uniform Title

Reading Rescher ; v. 3.

Alternative Title

Philosophy of Nicholas Rescher

Subject

• Rescher, Nicholas
• Idealism
• Pragmatism
• Philosophy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Nicholas Rescher -- Ch. 1. Historical Background -- Ch. 2. Between Pragmatism and Analysis -- Ch. 3. Primacy of Practice -- Ch. 4. Idealistic Stance -- Ch. 5. Science and Its Limits -- Ch. 6. Social and Natural Reality -- Ch. 7. Social and Political Philosophy -- Ch. 8. Contemporary Debate -- Ch. 9. Bibliographical Sources: Chronological List of Rescher's Books.

ISBN

9783938793992 (hd.bd.)

OCLC

• 234368776
• SCSB-12114508

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library