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.
Descriptionxi, 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-248) and index.
LCCN 2001002730
ISBN0822941538 (cloth : alk. paper)