Nicholas Rescher

The Pragmatic Vision

Themes in Philosophical Pragmatism

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines how pragmatism's central idea can be applied and implemented across the entire range of philosophical deliberations, ranging from theory of knowledge and the value theory to the explanation of human action and even to matters of ethics and religion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 403g
• ISBN-13: 9781442227057
• ISBN-10: 1442227052
• Artikelnr.: 39305962

Autorenporträt

Nicholas Rescher is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh where he has also served as Chairman of the Philosophy Department and a Director (and currently Chairman) of the Center for Philosophy of Science. To recognize his fifty years of service to the institution, the University of Pittsburgh established in 2010 the substantial Nicholas Rescher Prize for Contributions to Systematic Philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS Preface 1. The Pragmatic Vision 2. Theoretical Utility 3.
Knowledge in Pragmatic Perspective 4. Leaping in the Dark 5. Supposition as
a Pragmatism Device 6. Induction as a Pragmatic Resource 7. Facts and
Values in Pragmatic Perspective 8. Excellence as a Pragmatic Conception 9.
On Explaining and Evaluating Human Actions 10. Condemnation vs. Blame in
Pragmatic Perspective 11. On the Pragmatic Role of Positive Interpersonal
Attitudes 12. The Pragmatics of Betterment 13. Can Pragmatism Validate
Itself? 14. Pragmatism and Religion Name Index