Philosophical Dialectics

An Essay on Metaphilosophy

Gebonden Engels 2006 9780791467459
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A study in philosophical methodology aimed at providing a clear view of the scope and limits of philosophical inquiry.

While the pursuit of philosophy "of" studies-of science, of art, of politics-has blossomed, the philosophy of philosophy remains a comparatively neglected domain. In this book, Nicholas Rescher fills this gap by offering a study in methodology aimed at providing a clear view of the scope and limits of philosophical inquiry. He argues that philosophy's inability to resolve all of the problems of the field does not preclude the prospect of achieving a satisfactory resolution of many or even most of them.

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ISBN13:9780791467459
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:128

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Preface

1. Philosophical Principles

Philosophical Principles
Principles of Informative Adequacy
Probative Principles of Rational Cogency
Principles of Rational Economy
Issues of Validation
Dealing with Objections

2. Aporetic Method in Philosophy

Consistency and Apories
Some Sample Apories
On Appraising Apories
Enter Distinctions
Apory Resolution as Cost-Benefit Analysis

3. On Distinctions in Philosophy

What Distinctions Are
How Distinctions Fail
Misassimilation
Historical Background
The Role of Distinctions in Philosophy
Philosophical Apories
Tie Issues Together

4. Respect Neglect and Misassimilation as Fallacies of Philosophical Distinctions

Respect Neglect
Simplicity
Fallacy

5. Systemic Interconnectedness and Explanatory Holism in Philosophy

The Problem
Summative Features
Fallacies of Composition and Division
Is Existence Mereologically Summative? No—A Whole is More Than Its Parts
The Analytical/Constructionist Program
Instances of the Implementation of the Constructionist Program
Problem Number One: The Fallacy of Termination Presumption
Problem Number Two: The Disintegration of Simplicity and the Fallacy of Respect Neglect
Perspectival Dissonance and Nonamalgamation
Cognition Is Not Summative
Review
Externalities and Negative Side Effects
Systematic Interconnectedness as a Consequence of Aporetic Complexity

6. The Structure of Philosophical Dialectic

Philosophical Aporetics
The Role of Distinctions
The Structure of Dialectic
Developmental Dialectics
The Burden of History
The Structure of Philosophical History

7. Ignorance and Cognitive Horizons

Ignorance
Intractable Questions about the Cognitive Future and Surd Generalities
Insolubilia Then and Now
Cognitive Limits
Identifying Insolubilia
Relating Knowledge to Ignorance

Notes
Bibliography
Index

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