Cognitive pragmatism : the theory of knowledge in pragmatic perspective / Nicholas Rescher.
| Author/creator | Rescher, Nicholas |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | [Pittsburgh, Pa.] : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2001. |
| Description | xi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Knowledge of the truth in pragmatic perspective -- Epistemic justification -- Categories : a pragmatic approach -- On learned ignorance and the limits of knowledge -- The deficits of skepticism -- Cognitive realism : a pragmatic perspective on existence and our knowledge of it -- Induction as enthymematic reasoning : a pragmatic perspective on inference to the best systematizaton -- On circularity and regress in rational validation -- Reification fallacies and inappropriate totalities -- What if things were different? -- Meta-knowledge and cognitive limits : rudiments of formalized epistemology. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-248) and index. |
| LCCN | 2001002730 |
| ISBN | 0822941538 (cloth : alk. paper) |