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  • Metaphilosophy

    Philosophy in Philosophical Perspective

    by Nicholas Rescher ...
    The definitive mission of metaphilosophy is to facilitate an understanding of how philosophy works—the aim of the enterprise, the instrumental and procedural resources for its work, and the prospect of its success. Nicholas Rescher unites two facets of metaphilosophy to show that historical perspective and forward-thinking normative, or systematic, metaphilosophy cannot be independent of one ... Read more

    $142.99 CAD

  • Complexity

    A Philosophical Overview

    by Nicholas Rescher ...
    Our world is enormously sophisticated and nature's complexity is literally inexhaustible. As a result, projects to describe and explain natural science can never be completed. This volume explores the nature of complexity and considers its bearing on our world and how we manage our affairs within it.Rescher's overall lesson is that the management of our affairs within a socially, technologically, ... Read more

    $101.99 CAD

  • Metaphysical Perspectives

    by Nicholas Rescher ...
    In Metaphysical Perspectives, Nicholas Rescher offers a grand vision of how to conceptualize, and in some cases answer, some of the most fundamental issues in metaphysics and value theory. Rescher addresses what he sees as the three prime areas of metaphysical concern: (1) the world as such and the architecture of nature at large, (2) ourselves as nature's denizens and our potential for learning ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Epistemic Aphorisms

    A Primer of Epistemology via Maxims

    by Nicholas Rescher ...
    Epistemic Aphorisms is a wide-ranging consideration of issues in epistemology, from the classical and familiar (knowledge and justified true belief, and the problem of induction) to the unusual and often neglected (what alien science might look like, the ethics of epistemology, and the limits of conceptualization). In particular, it addresses questions in epistemology that are not generally asked, ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • Ventures in Philosophical History

    by Nicholas Rescher ...
    Philosophy began hundreds of years BCE, and by now has grown to a scope and scale beyond acceptability by any single mind. But a sampling of episodes and issues can convey some idea of the nature of the field. It is the goal of the book to clarify a wide spectrum of key philosophical issues. ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Philosophical Fallacies

    Ways of Erring in Philosophical Exposition

    by Nicholas Rescher ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book examines the nature, sources, and implications of fallacies in philosophical reasoning. In doing so, it illustrates and evaluates various historical instances of this phenomenon. There is widespread interest in the practice and products of philosophizing, yet the important issue of fallacious reasoning in these matters has been effectively untouched. Nicholas Rescher fills this gap by ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Risk Theory

    Rational Decision in the Face of Chance, Uncertainty, and Risk

    by Nicholas Rescher ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Apart from its foray into technical issues of risk assessment and management, this book has one principal aim. With situations of chancy outcomes certain key factors—including outcome possibilities, overall expectation, threat, and even luck—are measurable parameters. But risk is something different: it is not measurable a single parametric quantity, but a many-sided factor that has several ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

  • Essays in Philosophical Synthesis

    by Nicholas Rescher ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book presents a series of coordinated studies that explain and illustrate how philosophy must be developed systematically with its problems and topics bound together by links of reciprocal interconnection.The book consists of two parts: The first part consists of a series of case studies which illustrate how philosophical issues do not remain in neatly separated compartments but reach out in ... Read more

    $140.99 CAD

  • Ignorance

    (On the Wider Implications of Deficient Knowledge)

    by Nicholas Rescher ...
    Historically, there has been great deliberation about the limits of human knowledge. Isaac Newton, recognizing his own shortcomings, once described himself as "a boy standing on the seashore . . . whilst the great ocean of truth lay all underscored before me."In Ignorance, Nicholas Rescher presents a broad-ranging study that examines the manifestations, consequences, and occasional benefits of ... Read more

    $56.79 CAD

  • Philosophical Inquiries

    An Introduction to Problems of Philosophy

    by Nicholas Rescher ...
    In Philosophical Inquiries, Nicholas Rescher offers his perspectives on many of the foundational concerns of philosophy and reminds us that the purpose of philosophy is to "question the questions." Rescher sees the need to inquire as an evolutionary tool for adapting to a hostile environment and shows how philosophy has thus developed in an evolutionary fashion, building upon acquired knowledge ... Read more

    $56.79 CAD

  • A Journey through Philosophy in 101 Anecdotes

    by Nicholas Rescher ...
    Nicholas Rescher presents the first comprehensive chronology of philosophical anecdotes, spanning from antiquity to the current era. He introduces us to the major thinkers, texts, and historical periods of Western philosophy, recounting many of the stories philosophers have used over time to engage with issues of philosophical concern: questions of meaning, truth, knowledge, value, action, and ... Read more

    $37.59 CAD

  • Espionage, Statecraft, and the Theory of Reporting

    A Philosophical Essay on Intelligence Management

    by Nicholas Rescher ...
    Everything we know about what goes on in the world comes to us through reports, information transmitted through human communication. We rely on reports, which can take any number of forms, to convey useful information, and we derive knowledge from that information. It's no surprise, then, that reporting has many philosophical dimensions. Because it plays such a major role in knowledge management, ... Read more

    $56.79 CAD