Nicholas Rescher

Ignorance

(On the Wider Implications of Deficient Knowledge)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In "Ignorance," Rescher presents a broad-ranging study that examines the manifestations, consequences, and occasional benefits of ignorance in areas of philosophy, scientific endeavor, and ordinary life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 212mm x 141mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 242g
• ISBN-13: 9780822960140
• ISBN-10: 0822960141
• Artikelnr.: 25867599

Autorenporträt

Nicholas Rescher is 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 has 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 is 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.