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Reason and Reality

Reason and Reality

Reason and Reality

Nicholas Rescher

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Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2005
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Filosofía
ISBN:
9780742545069

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Reason and Reality expounds a pragmatic metaphysics that offers a new approach to this subject’s traditional objective of providing us with a secure cognitive grip on the nature of reality. The characteristic nature of this metaphysical approach lies in its commitment to the idea that the requisite security is best and most reliably provided by functional considerations of pragmatic efficacy service the aims and purposes of rational inquiry and effective communication.

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