Nicholas Rescher

Error (eBook, PDF)

(On Our Predicament When Things Go Wrong )

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A new analysis of the occurrence, causality, and consequences of error in human thought, action, and evaluation. Defines three main categories of error, and provides a historical perspective on error from Greek to modern philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822971153
• Artikelnr.: 72254793

Autorenporträt

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.