TY - BOOK AU - Rescher,Nicholas TI - On the Nature of Philosophy and Other Philosophical Essays SN - 9783110320206 U1 - 100 PY - 2013///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter, KW - Philosophy (General) KW - Erkenntnistheorie KW - Philosophie KW - Pragmatismus KW - PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; THE NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY AND OTHER PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS: Table of Contents --; Preface --; Chapter One: THE NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY --; Chapter Two: PHILOSOPHICAL REFUTATION --; Chapter Three: PRAGMATISM AND PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY --; Chapter Four: SELF-CONTRADICTION --; Chapter Five: ON ISSUES OF PRIORITY --; Chapter Six: THE MIRAGE OF IMMEDIATE FACTUAL KNOWLEDGE --; Chapter Seven: COGNITIVE COMPLEMENTARITY --; Chapter Eight: INDUCTION IN PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVE --; Chapter Nine: ETHICS 101: THE BASICS OF MORALITY --; Chapter Ten: THOUGHT FASHIONS --; Chapter Eleven: MULTIASPECTIVAL EVALUATION --; Name Index --; Backmatter; Open Access N2 - This book continues Rescher's longstanding practice of publishing groups of philosophical essays. Notwithstanding their thematic diversity, these discussions exhibit a uniformity of method in addressing philosophical issues via a mixture of historical contextualization, analytical scrutiny, and common-sensical concern. Their interest, such as it is, lies not just in what they do but in how they do it UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110320206 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9783110320206.jpg ER -