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.
| ISBN: | 9780742545069 |
| Publication date: | 22nd March 2005 |
| Author: | Nicholas Rescher |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 180 pages |
| Genres: |
Philosophy Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology |