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Rescher, Nicholas

 
9780739136157: Unknowability: An Inquiry into the Limits of Knowledge
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ISBN 10 : 0739136151 ISBN 13 : 9780739136157
Editeur : Lexington Books, 2009

Synopsis

The realities of mankinds cognitive situation are such that our knowledge of the worlds ways is bound to be imperfect. None the less, the theory of unknowability—agnoseology as some have called it—is a rather underdeveloped branch of philosophy. In this philosophically rich and groundbreaking work, Nicholas Rescher aims to remedy this. As the heart of the discussion is an examination of what Rescher identifies as the four prime reasons for the impracticability of cognitive access to certain facts about the world: developmental inpredictability, verificational surdity, ontological detail, and predicative vagrancy. Rescher provides a detailed and illuminating account of the role of each of these factors in limiting human knowledge, giving us an overall picture of the practical and theoretical limits to our capacity to know our world.

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À propos de l'auteur

Nicholas Rescher is professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh.

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Éditeur
Lexington Books
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0739136151
ISBN 13 
9780739136157
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
124
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