Cognitive Pragmatism : The Theory of Knowledge in Pragmatic Perspective

, by Rescher, Nicholas

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ISBN: 9780822941538 | 0822941538
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Copyright: 8/1/2001

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So begins Cognitive Pragmatism, Nicholas Rescher's systematic and synoptic presentation of arguments and ideas he has devised over many years. In his authoritative voice and characteristically succinct style, he tackles the major questions of philosophical inquiry.

List of Figures and Displays

Preface

Introduction

(4)

Knowledge of the Truth in Pragmatic Perspective

(16)

Internal Realism and Truth as (Available) Warrant

(3)

Interdependency Problems

(5)

A Different Approach: Methodological Pragmatism

(2)

Validation Issues

(1)

Being ``Realistic'' (in Both Senses)

(5)

Epistemic Justification

(25)

Experience and Fact

(2)

Problems of Common Cause Epistemology

(3)

Modes of Justification

(1)

The Role of Presumption

(2)

Principles of Presumption

(2)

The Validation of Presumption as a General Policy

(2)

The Evolutionary Aspect of Sensory Epistemology

(2)

Rational Versus Natural Selection

(5)

Against ``Pure'' Intellectualism

(4)

Conclusion

(2)

Categories: A Pragmatic Approach

(17)

Categorical Sameness

(2)

Types of Categories

(4)

Different Category Schemes

(2)

The Translation Argument and Its Flaws

(3)

The Alternatives of Conceptual Schemes

(1)

The Appraisal of Conceptual or Categorical Schemes

(3)

The Question of the Inherent Superiority of Our Own Conceptual Schemes

(2)

On Learned Ignorance and the Limits of Knowledge

(18)

Knowledge about Ignorance

(1)

Scientific Progress: Difficulties in Predicting Future Knowledge

(2)

Question Propagation

(2)

Incompleteness

(5)

Insolubilia

(2)

Relating Knowledge to Ignorance

(5)

Lessons: Learned Ignorance

(1)

The Deficits of Skepticism

(11)

On Rationality and Risk

(3)

Skepticism and Risk

(4)

The Deficiency of Skepticism

(4)

Cognitive Realism: A Pragmatic Perspective on Existence and Our Knowledge of It

(30)

Existence

(1)

Being and Being Known: A Move toward Idealism

(1)

Is Man the Measure?

(4)

Realism and Incapacity

(2)

The Cognitive Inexhaustibility of Things

100

(3)

Cognitive Dynamics

103

(2)

The Conceptual Basis of Realism as a Postulate

105

(4)

Hidden Depths: The Impetus to Realism

109

(4)

The Pragmatic Foundation of Realism as a Basis for Communication and Discourse

113

(6)

The Idealistic Aspect of Metaphysical Realism

119

(3)

Induction as Enthymematic Reasoning: A Pragmatic Perspective on Inference to the Best Systematization

122

(18)

Enthymemes

122

(1)

The Enthymematic Approach to Induction

123

(3)

Induction as Estimation

126

(2)

Difficulties with Inference to the Best Explanation

128

(2)

Further Problems

130

(3)

Best Systematization as a Viable Alternative

133

(3)

Induction as a Practical Resource

136

(2)

A Postscript

138

(2)

On Circularity and Regress in Rational Validation

140

(26)

Circular Reasoning

140

(3)

Iteration Processes and Infinite Regress

143

(4)

On the Rationale of Regressive Viciousness

147

(7)

Further Illustrations of Cognitive Viciousness

154

(3)

Thematic Homogeneity in Cognitive Regress

157

(2)

Harmless Circularity

159

(5)

Larger Pragmatic Implications

164

(2)

Reification Fallacies and Inappropriate Totalities

166

(20)

Improperly Totalized Wholes and Illicit Reification

166

(7)

The Route to Paradox

173

(2)

The Root of the Problem

175

(2)

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