Title:
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A SYSTEM OF PRAGMATIC IDEALISM
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Volume: |
v. 3 |
By: |
Nicholas Rescher |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£52.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0691073945 |
ISBN 13: |
9780691073941 |
Publisher: |
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
10 April, 1994 |
Series: |
A system of pragmatic idealism Vol 3 |
Pages: |
288 |
Description: |
Part of a three-volume set which records the life's work of the author, this text examines the nature of philosophical inquiry, seeking to affirm the classical conception of philosophy as a significant problem-solving enterprise that draws on the entire range of human experience. |
Synopsis: |
This is the third and final volume that summarizes the life's work of the philosopher Nicholas Rescher. Rescher's books and articles, which address almost every major philosophical topic, reflect a unified approach: the combination of pragmatism and idealism characteristic of his thinking throughout his career. In combining leading ideas of European continental idealism and American pragmatism in a new way, Rescher has created an integrated philosophical position in which the central concepts of these two traditions become a coherent totality. The initial volume in the series was dedicated to epistemology, the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of nature, while the second dealt with issues of value theory, ethics and practical philosophy. This volume examines the nature of philosophical inquiry itself, seeking to affirm the classical conception of philosophy as a significant problem-solving enterprise that draws on the whole range of human experience in an attempt to resolve the "big questions." |
Illustrations: |
2 line illus. 16 charts |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
Princeton University Press |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |