The present book continues Rescher’s longstanding practice of publishing occasional studies written for formal presentation and informal discussion with colleagues. They form part of a wider program of investigation of the scope and limits of rational inquiry in the pursuit of knowledge.
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Preface
Chapter 1: INTELLIGENCE AND EVOLUTIONARY INNOVATION
Chapter 2: ON OVERSIMPLIFICATION AND THE GROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE
Chapter 3: VAGUENESS: SOME VARIANT APPROACHES
Chapter 4: UNDERDETERMINATION
Chapter 5: COGNITIVE COMPROMISE: On Managing Cognitive Risk in the Face of Imperfect/Flawed
Information
Chapter 6: AUTHORITY
Chapter 7: AN EXPLANATORY CONUNDRUM
Chapter 8: THE MUSICAL CHAIRS PARADOX
Chapter 9: TRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENTATION AND HUMAN NATURE
Chapter 10: A MULTITUDE OF WORLDS?
Name Index