Guided by the founding ideas of American pragmatism, Epistemology provides a clear example of the basic concepts involved in knowledge acquisition and explains the principles at work in the development of rational inquiry. It examines how these principles analyze the course of scientific progress and how the development of scientific inquiry inevitably encounters certain natural disasters. At the center of the book's deliberations there lies not only the potential for scientific progress but also the limit of science as well. This comprehensive introduction to the theory of knowledge addresses a myriad of topics, including the critique of skepticism, the nature of rationality, the possibility of science for extraterrestrial intelligences, and the prospect of insoluble issues in science.
| ISBN: | 9780791458129 |
| Publication date: | 9th October 2003 |
| Author: | Nicholas Rescher |
| Publisher: | SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 406 pages |
| Series: | SUNY Series in Philosophy |
| Genres: |
Philosophy of science Pragmatism Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Impact of science and technology on society |