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Rescher Studies
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. Preface vii
  4. The Limits of Science, Realism, and Idealism 1
  5. On Possibilities and Thought Experiments 29
  6. Coherentism and Coherence Truth in the Philosophy of Nicholas Rescher 59
  7. Philosophical Anthropology 89
  8. Pluralism and Consensus 105
  9. Meditations, Wagers, and Existential Issues: Nicholas Rescher on Religion and Philosophy 121
  10. Rescher’s Metaphysics 141
  11. The Limits of Science Reconsidered 151
  12. Conceivability 169
  13. Weird Worlds 197
  14. Nicholas Rescher on Greek Philosophy and the Syllogism 211
  15. Rescher’s Evolutionary Epistemology 241
  16. Common Sense 253
  17. Systematic Philosophy and Theoretical Framework on Nicholas Rescher’s A System of Pragmatic Idealism 261
  18. On Rescher’s View of Idealism (and Pragmatism) 287
  19. Rescher on Arabic Logic 309
  20. Philosophy in the Future 325
  21. Rescher on Explanation and Prediction 339
  22. Nicholas Rescher on Scientific Progress: Science in the Face of Limited Cognitive and Technological Resources 363
  23. Rescher on Dialog Systems, Argumentation, and Burden of Proof 401
  24. Rescher on Process Thought 429
  25. How is Scientific Knowledge Economically Possible?: Nicholas Rescher’s Contributions to an Economic Understanding of Science 445
  26. Possibility, Plenitude, and the Optimal World: Rescher on Leibniz’s Cosmology 477
  27. Rescher on Aporetics and Consistency 493
  28. Responses to the Contributed Essays 513
  29. Work by and about Nicholas Rescher 553
  30. List of Contributors 573
  31. Backmatter 575
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110329094.253

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. Preface vii
  4. The Limits of Science, Realism, and Idealism 1
  5. On Possibilities and Thought Experiments 29
  6. Coherentism and Coherence Truth in the Philosophy of Nicholas Rescher 59
  7. Philosophical Anthropology 89
  8. Pluralism and Consensus 105
  9. Meditations, Wagers, and Existential Issues: Nicholas Rescher on Religion and Philosophy 121
  10. Rescher’s Metaphysics 141
  11. The Limits of Science Reconsidered 151
  12. Conceivability 169
  13. Weird Worlds 197
  14. Nicholas Rescher on Greek Philosophy and the Syllogism 211
  15. Rescher’s Evolutionary Epistemology 241
  16. Common Sense 253
  17. Systematic Philosophy and Theoretical Framework on Nicholas Rescher’s A System of Pragmatic Idealism 261
  18. On Rescher’s View of Idealism (and Pragmatism) 287
  19. Rescher on Arabic Logic 309
  20. Philosophy in the Future 325
  21. Rescher on Explanation and Prediction 339
  22. Nicholas Rescher on Scientific Progress: Science in the Face of Limited Cognitive and Technological Resources 363
  23. Rescher on Dialog Systems, Argumentation, and Burden of Proof 401
  24. Rescher on Process Thought 429
  25. How is Scientific Knowledge Economically Possible?: Nicholas Rescher’s Contributions to an Economic Understanding of Science 445
  26. Possibility, Plenitude, and the Optimal World: Rescher on Leibniz’s Cosmology 477
  27. Rescher on Aporetics and Consistency 493
  28. Responses to the Contributed Essays 513
  29. Work by and about Nicholas Rescher 553
  30. List of Contributors 573
  31. Backmatter 575
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