| Description |
1 online resource (112 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
PREFACE; Chapter 1 -- INTELLIGENCE AND EVOLUTIONARY INNOVATION; Chapter 2 -- ON OVERSIMPLIFICATION AND THE GROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE; Chapter 3 -- VAGUENESS: SOME VARIANT APPROACHES; Chapter 4 -- UNDERDETERMINATION; Chapter 5 -- COGNITIVE COMPROMISE On Managing Cognitive Risk in the Face of Imperfect/Flawed Information; Chapter 6 -- AUTHORITY; Chapter 7 -- AN EXPLANATORY CONUNDRUM; Chapter 8 -- THE MUSICAL CHAIRS PARADOX; Chapter 9 -- TRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENTATION AND HUMAN NATURE; Chapter 10 -- A MULTITUDE OF WORLDS?; NAME INDEX. |
| Summary |
The present book continues Rescher's longstanding practice of publishing occasional studies written for formal presentation and informal discussion with colleagues. They form part of a wider program of investigation of the scope and limits of rational inquiry in the pursuit of knowledge. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Knowledge, Theory of.
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Knowledge, Theory of. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rescher, Nicholas. Epistemological Studies. Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2009 9783110319149 |
| ISBN |
9783110319491 (electronic book) |
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3110319497 (electronic book) |
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9783868380484 |
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9783110319149 |
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