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On rules and principles : a philosophical study of their nature and function
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- Creator
- Nicholas Rescher
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Frankfurt [Germany] ; New Brunswick [N.J.] : Ontos Verlag ; Piscataway, NJ : [Distributed in] North and South America by Transaction Books, 2010
- Physical Details
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- ii, 220 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9783868380897, 9783110321746, 1299720870, 3868380892, 3110321742, 311031925X
- OCLC
- ocn853266709, ocn664653811, on1013946523, ocn851972098
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-215) and index.
- Part One: Rules -- 1. Rules -- 2. Rule Conflicts, Higher Order Rules, and Rules of Reason -- 3. Functional Hierarchies -- 4. Judgement and the lImited Reach of Rules -- 5. Rules, the Social Order, and Morality -- 6. Principles: Their Nature and Funtion -- 7. Functional Hierarchies Again -- 8. Principles of Rational Inquiry -- 9. The Principle of Sufficent Reason -- 10. Philosophical Principles -- 11. Principles in Natural Philosophy -- 12. Leibnization Physics as a Case Study -- 13. Moral Principles