Methodological pragmatism : a systems-theoretic approach to the theory of knowledge / by Rescher, Nicholas

Subjects: “…Pragmatism.…”

Cognitive pragmatism : the theory of knowledge in pragmatic perspective / by Rescher, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…Knowledge of the truth in pragmatic perspective -- Epistemic justification -- Categories : a pragmatic approach -- On learned ignorance and the limits of knowledge -- The deficits of skepticism -- Cognitive realism : a perspective on existence and our knowledge of it -- Induction as enthymematic reasoning : a pragmatic perspective on inference to the best systematizaton -- On circularity and regress in rational validation -- Reification fallacies and inappropriate totalities -- What if things were different? …”

Studies in pragmatism / by Rescher, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…Preface; PRAGMATISM AND PRACTICALRATIONALITY; KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTHIN PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVE; PRAGMATISM IN THE TWENTIETHCENTURY; PRAGMATISM AT THE CROSSROADS; IMMEDIATE EXPERIENCEAND ONTOLOGY:A PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVE ONPHILOSOPHICAL REALISM; PRAGMATIC REALISM:A PRACTICALISTIC PERSPECTIVE ONPHILOSOPHICAL REALISM; PRAGMATIC IDEALISM ANDMETAPHYSICAL REALISM; COUNTERFACTUALS IN PRAGMATICPERSPECTIVE; Name Index.…”
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The pragmatic vision : themes in philosophical pragmatism / by Rescher, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Chapter 1: The Pragmatic Vision -- Chapter 2: Theoretical Utility -- Chapter 3: Knowledge in Pragmatic Perspective -- Chapter 4: Leaping in the Dark and Other Aspects of Rational Inquiry -- Chapter 5: Supposition as a Pragmatic Device -- Chapter 6: Induction as a Pragmatic Resource -- Chapter 7: Fact and Value in Pragmatic Perspective -- Chapter 8: Free Will in Pragmatic Perspective -- Chapter 9: On Explaining and Evaluating Human Actions -- Chapter 10: Condemnation versus Blame in Pragmatic Perspective -- Chapter 11: On the Pragmatic Role of Positive Interpersonal Attitudes -- Chapter 12: The Pragmatics of Betterment -- Chapter 13: Can Pragmatism Validate Itself? …”
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A System of Pragmatic Idealism, Volume III : Metaphilosophical Inquiries. by Rescher, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…PART III: AGAINST PHILOSOPHICAL RELATIVISM Ten ; Dispensing with Consensus: Pluralism in Philosophy; Eleven ; Philosophy in Process; Twelve; On Classifying Metaphysical Positions: A Case Study in Pluralism; Thirteen; Reactions to Pluralism; Fourteen ; Rejecting Philosophical Relativism; Appendix; Pragmatic Idealism: A Schematic Sketch of the Overall Position; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index.…”
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A system of pragmatic idealism / by Rescher, Nicholas

Subjects: “…Pragmatism.…”
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Realism and pragmatic epistemology / by Rescher, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…Personal experience and realistic ontology -- Realism in pragmatic perspective -- Presuppositional realism and justifactory idealism -- Rational economy and the evolutionary impetus -- Specificity prioritization and the primacy of the particular -- Dismissing extremely remote possibilities -- Default reasoning -- Cognitive myopia and the world's lawfulness.…”
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Epistemic pragmatism and other studies in the theory of knowledge / by Rescher, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Chapter 1 EPISTEMIC PRAGMATISM -- Chapter 2 LINGUISTIC PRAGMATISM -- Chapter 3 ON COGNITIVE FINITUDE AND LIMITATIONS -- Chapter 4 ON COGNITIVE ECONOMICS -- Chapter 5 THE UNEASY UNION OF IDEALITY ANDPRAGMATISM IN INQUIRY -- Chapter 6 ON INCONSISTENCY AND PROVISIONALACCEPTANCE -- Chapter 7 ON REALISM AND THE PROBLEM OFTRANSPARENT FACTS -- Chapter 8 ON FALLACIES OF AGGREGATION -- Chapter 9 LEIBNIZ AND THE CONDITIONS OF IDENTITY -- CHAPTER 10 WORLDLY WOES:THE TROUBLE WITH POSSIBLE WORLDS -- Chapter 11 TRIGRAPHS: A RESOURCE FOR ILLUSTRATIONIN PHILOSOPHY…”
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On the nature of philosophy and other philosophical essays / by Rescher, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…The nature of philosophy -- Philosophical refutation -- Pragmatism and philosophical inquiry -- Self-contradiction -- On issues of priority -- The mirage of immediate factual knowledge -- Cognitive complementarity -- Induction in pragmatic perspective -- Ethics 101 : the basics of morality -- Thought fashions -- Multiaspectival evaluation.…”
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Cognitive complications : epistemology in pragmatic perspective / by Rescher, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Factual knowledge in the perspective of pragmatic idealism -- Cognitive defaults -- Inescapable error -- Modes of cognitive appraisal -- Simplicity as a pragmatic conception -- Oversimplification -- The role of technology in natural science -- Creative probability -- Unanswerable questions and unknowable facts -- Indefinite knowledge, unidentifiable items, and paradoxes of vagueness -- Importance -- Cognitive complementarity -- Excellence examined -- Group knowledge -- Physical science from an alien point of view -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.…”
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Epistemology : an introduction to the theory of knowledge / by Rescher, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…Trust and Cooperation in Pragmatic Perspective --…”
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On the Nature of Philosophy and Other Philosophical Essays. by Rescher, Nicholas

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Metaphilosophical inquiries / by Rescher, Nicholas

“…Rescher, Nicholas. System of pragmatic idealism ;…”
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Being and value : and other philosophical essays / by Rescher, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…Being and value : on the prospect of optimalism -- On evolution and intelligent design -- Mind and matter -- Fallacies regarding free will -- Sophisticating naïve realism -- Taxonomic complexity and the laws of nature -- Practical vs. theoretical reason -- Pragmatism as a growth industry -- Cost benefit epistemology -- Quantifying quality -- Explanatory surdity -- Can philosophy be objective? …”
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Philosophical explorations / by Rescher, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…Of mind and matter -- On intermediation in philosophy -- Possibilities for unreals -- On the improvability of the world -- On the bearers of moral obligation -- Free will -- Religious virtues -- Pragmatism and science.…”
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Philosophical inquiries : an introduction to problems of philosophy / by Rescher, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…The task of philosophy -- Knowledge and scepticism -- Limits of science -- Realism/idealism -- Intelligent design -- Fallacies regarding free will -- Mind and matter -- Pragmatism and practical rationality -- The demands of morality -- By whose standards? …”
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Issues in the philosophy of religion / by Rescher, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…On faith and belief -- The ontological proof revisited -- Religion and pragmatism -- Process theology -- God's place in philosophy -- Can a scientist be serious about religion? …”
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Philosophical Deliberations. by Rescher, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…ON THE NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY; Chapter Eleven: PRAGMATISM IDEALISM; Chapter Twelve: PRESIDENTIAL VIEWS OF PHILOSOPHICAL PROGRESS.…”
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On certainty and other philosophical essays on cognition. by Rescher, Nicholas

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Studies in idealism / by Rescher, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…; ""REALITY IN THE LIGHT OF REALISMAND IDEALISM""; ""THE ARGUMENTS FROM ERROR AND IGNORANCE: AN EPISTEMIC APPROACH TO FACTUAL REALISM""; ""PRAGMATIC IDEALISM AND METAPHYSICAL REALISM""; ""POSSIBILITY CONCEPTUALISM AS ANAPPROACH TO MODAL ONTOLOGY""; ""OPTIMALISM AND THE RATIONALITYOF THE REAL: ON THE PROSPECTS OFAXIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION""; ""THE REVOLT AGAINST ABSOLUTES IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY""; ""THE ABSOLUTE: A CONCISE HISTORY""; ""DIALECTIC: A BRIEF HISTORY""; ""McTAGGARTâ€?…”
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