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Philosophical progress : and other philosophical studies
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The nine original essays collected in this volume explore the themes of philosophical progress, ultimate explanation, the metaphysics of free will, and the relation of sciences and religion. These ...
The nine original essays collected in this volume explore the themes of philosophical progress, ultimate explanation, the metaphysics of free will, and the relation of sciences and religion. These essays exemplify Nicholas Rescher''s characteristic mode of combining historical perspectives with analytical elucidation on philosophically contested issues and utilize this methodology to address some of the salient problems of the field.
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- Creator
- Nicholas Rescher
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Boston : De Gruyter, [2014]
- ©2014
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (134 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781614519935, 1614519935, 9781614518068, 1614518068, 9781614517849, 1614517843
- OCLC
- ocn890070993, ocn951149044
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Issued also in print.
- English
- Front matter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- 1. Philosophical Progress -- 2. Issues of Ultimate Explanation -- 3. Evidentiating Free Will -- 4. God and the Grounding of Morality -- 5. Contextuality and the Relation to Science and Religion -- 6. Value Exclusion and Neutrality in Science -- 7. Generalization and the Future -- 8. Cognitive Eschatology in C. S. Peirce The Evolutionary Pathway to Scientific Knowledge -- 9. Reference Theory -- Name Index