Philosophical Reasoning: A Study in the Methodolog y of Philosophizing

Rescher, Nicholas

ISBN 10: 0631230181 / ISBN 13: 9780631230182

Published by Blackwell Pub, 2001

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282 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Philosophical Reasoning: A Study in the Methodolog y of Philosophizing
• Publisher: Blackwell Pub
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631230181
• ISBN 13: 9780631230182
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.43 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book is a study in the methodology of philosophical inquiry. It expounds and defends the thesis that systematization is the proper instrument of philosophical inquiry and that the effective pursuit of philosophy's mission calls for constructing a doctrinal system that answers our questions in a coherent and comprehensive manner.

About the Author

Nicholas Rescher is University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh where he served for many years as Director of the Center for Philosophy of Science. A Former president of the American Philosophical Association, he is an honorary member of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He is the author of more than eighty works ranging over many areas of philosophy and was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Prize for Humanistic Scholarship in 1984.