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This text tackles the major questions of philosophical inquiry, pondering the nature of truth and existence. It argues that the development of knowledge is a practice, pursued by humans because we have a need for its products. This approach satisfies our urge to make sense of our surroundings.

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This text tackles the major questions of philosophical inquiry, pondering the nature of truth and existence. It argues that the development of knowledge is a practice, pursued by humans because we have a need for its products. This approach satisfies our urge to make sense of our surroundings.
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Nicholas Rescher was Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and co-chairman of the Center for Philosophy of Science. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he served as president of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association, the Leibniz Society of North America, the Charles S. Peirce Society, the American Catholic Philosophical Association, and the Metaphysical Society of America. Rescher was the author or editor of more than one hundred books, including Ignorance (On the Wider Implications of Deficient Knowledge), Philosophical Inquiries: An Introduction to Problems of Philosophy, and A Journey through Philosophy in 101 Anecdotes.