2010, ISBN: 1441156291

[EAN: 9781441156297], Neubuch, [PU: Continuum Publishing Corporation, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. This is an highly original philosophical study of the relationship… More...

[EAN: 9781441156297], Neubuch, [PU: Continuum Publishing Corporation, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. This is an highly original philosophical study of the relationship between what reality is and what we think it to be. In "Reality and Its Appearance", Nicholas Rescher aims to address the conceptual and analytical question: how does the concept of reality function and how should we think with regard to the issue of reality's relations to appearances? Rescher argues that the distinction between reality and its appearance is not a substantive distinction between two types of being, but rather relates to different ways of understanding one selfsame mode of being. The book proposes that while realism is a sensible and tenable position, nevertheless there is something to be said for idealism as well. In the cognitive as in the moral life, perfection is beyond our human grasp and we have no choice but to rest content with the best that we can manage to achieve in practice. This perspective shifts the approach from a cognitive absolutism to a pragmatism that is prepared to come to terms with the limitations inherent in our situations. On this basis Rescher defends a substantive realism that itself rests on a justificatory rationale of a decidedly pragmatic orientation."Continuum Studies in American Philosophy" presents cutting-edge scholarship in both the history of and contemporary movements in American philosophy. The wholly original arguments, perspectives and research findings in titles in this series make it an important and stimulating resource for students and academics from across the field., Books<

ISBN: 9781441156297

Hardback, [PU: Continuum Publishing Corporation], A philosophical study that addresses the conceptual and analytical question: how does the concept of reality function and how should we t… More...

Hardback, [PU: Continuum Publishing Corporation], A philosophical study that addresses the conceptual and analytical question: how does the concept of reality function and how should we think with regard to the issue of reality's relations to appearances? It proposes that while realism is a sensible and tenable position, nevertheless there is something to be said for idealism as well., Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Philosophy: Metaphysics & Ontology<

ISBN: 9781441156297

Hardback, [PU: Continuum Publishing Corporation], A philosophical study that addresses the conceptual and analytical question: how does the concept of reality function and how should we t… More...

Hardback, [PU: Continuum Publishing Corporation], A philosophical study that addresses the conceptual and analytical question: how does the concept of reality function and how should we think with regard to the issue of reality's relations to appearances? It proposes that while realism is a sensible and tenable position, nevertheless there is something to be said for idealism as well., Philosophy: Metaphysics & Ontology<

ISBN: 9781441156297

An highly original philosophical study of the relationship between what reality is and what we think it to be. New Textbooks>Hardcover>Philosophy>Philosophy>Philosophy, Bloomsbury Academi… More...

An highly original philosophical study of the relationship between what reality is and what we think it to be. New Textbooks>Hardcover>Philosophy>Philosophy>Philosophy, Bloomsbury Academic Core >2 >T<

2010, ISBN: 9781441156297

Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Continuum Publishing Corporation], Continuum Publishing Corporation, 2010