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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
In the twelve chapters that make up Satisfying Reason, Rescher develops and defends the following perspective:
- That rationality is a cardinal virtue in cognitive matters.
- That this is not something simple and cut-and-dried: in the pursuit of truth through the development of knowledge we face obstacles -- sometimes even insuperable ones.
- All that we can do is the best we can, realizing that even our very best may still be imperfect.
- Nevertheless, the venture is far from hopeless. While absolutes are unattainable in the cognitive venture, some solutions are situationally optimal, being comparatively the best that can be managed under the circumstances.
- That reason itself enables us to come to terms with this state of affairs, urging us to accept the best we can do as good enough.
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Satisfying Reason
Book Subtitle: Studies in the Theory of Knowledge
Authors: Nicolas Rescher
Series Title: Episteme
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0483-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1995
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3148-3Published: 31 March 1995
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4216-1Published: 04 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-0483-8Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 246
Topics: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language, Epistemology