Rescher A System of Pragmatic Idealism, Volume III

Metaphilosophical Inquiries
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-6383-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
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Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

This is the third and final volume of A System of Pragmatic Idealism, a series that will synthesize the life's work of the philosopher Nicholas Rescher. Rescher's numerous books and articles, which address almost every major philosophical topic, reflect a unified approach: the combination of pragmatism and idealism characteristic of his thinking throughout his career. The three related but independently readable books of the series present Rescher's system as a whole. In combining leading ideas of European continental idealism and American pragmatism in a new way, Rescher has created an integrated philosophical position in which the central concepts of these two traditions become a coherent totality.

The initial volume in the series was dedicated to epistemology, the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of nature, while the second dealt with issues of value theory, ethics, and practical philosophy. In Volume III Rescher examines the nature of philosophical inquiry itself, seeking to affirm the classical conception of philosophy as a significant problem-solving enterprise that draws on the whole range of human experience to attempt to resolve the "big questions."

Originally published in 1994.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Rescher, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Displays ix

Preface xi

Introduction xiii

PART I: THE PROJECT OF PHILOSOPHIZING

One The Mission of Philosophy 3

Two The Holistic Nature of Philosophy 17

Three Philosophical Methodology 36

PART II: EXPERIENCE AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES

Four Conceptual Schemes and Philosophical Pluralism 61

Five Can Different Thinkers Debate the Same Issues? 79

Six Against Exotic Hypotheses: The Need for Consulting Experience 89

Seven Philosophical Standardism 104

Eight Experiential Perspectivism in Philosophy 120

Nine The History of Philosophical Taxonomy as Evidence for Empiricism 135

PART III: AGAINST PHILOSOPHICAL RELATIVISM

Ten Dispensing with Consensus: Pluralism in Philosophy 155

Eleven Philosophy in Process 168

Twelve On Classifying Metaphysical Positions: A Case Study in Pluralism 182

Thirteen Reactions to Pluralism 195

Fourteen Rejecting Philosophical Relativism 224

Appendix Pragmatic Idealism: A Schematic Sketch of the Overall Position 251

Bibliography 257

Name Index 263

Subject Index 267