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Nicholas Rescher

The Pragmatic Vision

Themes in Philosophical Pragmatism

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Since C. S. Pierce advocated a pragmatic approach to truth and knowledge, it has been one of the characteristic themes of American philosophy. This book examines how pragmatism's central ideas can be applied and implemented across the entire domain of philosophical deliberations, ranging from theory of knowledge and the value theory to providing explanations for human actions, and even to matters of ethics and religion. While there are various ways in which to weigh the merit of a philosophical idea or theory, this book makes the case that an assessment of that theory's applicative utility is of the essence. The intersection of the theoretica… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-4422-2705-7
  • EAN: 9781442227057
  • Produktnummer: 15260302
  • Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
  • Seitenangabe: 166 S.
  • Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.3 cm 403 g
  • Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
  • Gewicht: 403

Über den Autor


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.

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