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Author Rescher, Nicholas

Title Finitude : a Study of Cognitive Limits and Limitations
Published Berlin : De Gruyter, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (116 pages)
Contents Preface; Chapter One ON FINITUDE AND LIMITATIONS; Chapter Two NATURAL SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ARTIFACT; Chapter Three UNRULY WORLDS; Chapter FourTHE MEANS AND METHODS OF RATIONALITY; Chapter Five THE LIMITS OF NATURALISTIC REASON; Chapter 6 PERPLEXING CHOICES; Chapter 7 WISDOM; References; Name Index
Summary Human finitude and its implications have long been one of the central themes of Western philosophy. The essays gathered together in this volume explore various facets of this not altogether pleasing fact with which we must realistically come to terms
Notes In English
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Subject Cognition.
Finite, The.
Practical reason.
Wisdom.
Cognition
cognition.
PHILOSOPHY -- Metaphysics.
Cognition
Finite, The
Practical reason
Wisdom
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783110319651
3110319659