Nicholas Rescher

Espionage, Statecraft, and the Theory of Reporting (eBook, ePUB)

A Philosophical Essay on Intelligence Management

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Everything we know about what goes on in the world comes to us through reports, information transmitted through human communication. This book offers a clear, accessible introduction to the theory of reporting, with a special emphasis on national security, particularly military and diplomatic reporting, drawing on examples from historical accounts of espionage and statecraft from the Second World War.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822982418
• Artikelnr.: 50902652

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.