Idealism and Praxis : the Philosophy of Nicholas Rescher.

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Marsonet, Michele

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TextSeries: Reading RescherPublication details: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (259 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9783110329117
3110329115

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191 23

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B945 .R454 M38 2008

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FOREWORDBy Nicholas Rescher; PREFACE; Chapter 1THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; Chapter 2BETWEEN PRAGMATISM ANDANALYSIS; Chapter 3THE PRIMACY OF PRACTICE; Chapter 4THE IDEALISTIC STANCE; Chapter 5SCIENCE AND ITS LIMITS; Chapter 6SOCIAL AND NATURAL REALITY; Chapter 7SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY; Chapter 8THE CONTEMPORARY DEBATE; Chapter 9BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES; INDEX OF NAMES.

Summary: This work manages to present a complete and informative overview of Nicholas Rescher's philosophy. A prominent representative of contemporary pragmatism and of 20th century's thought at large, Rescher wrote an impressive amount of volumes and essays on a wide variety of philosophical topics. The present book purports to make his theses and theories accessible in one single volume. Moreover, it provides an apparatus of references to the relevant literature produced by Rescher's critics, and positions his work in the wider setting of its links with various contemporary American and European philo.

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This work manages to present a complete and informative overview of Nicholas Rescher's philosophy. A prominent representative of contemporary pragmatism and of 20th century's thought at large, Rescher wrote an impressive amount of volumes and essays on a wide variety of philosophical topics. The present book purports to make his theses and theories accessible in one single volume. Moreover, it provides an apparatus of references to the relevant literature produced by Rescher's critics, and positions his work in the wider setting of its links with various contemporary American and European philo.

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