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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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
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University of Pittsburgh, USA
Nicolas Rescher
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