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almafu_9958354010802883
Format:
1 online resource(163p.) :
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Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, 2006. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9783110326383
Series Statement:
Collected Papers; Volume 7
Content:
The place of humans in nature's scheme of things and the conditions and circumstances of our existence have been at the forefront of philosophical deliberation since the very dawn of the subject. Over the past three decades Rescher from time to time ventured into discussions of some of the key themes that crop up in this domain. representative sampling of such papers are assembled in the present volume. He trust that this collection will give some indication of the tenor of thought that characterizes Rescher's approach to these philosophically crucial concerns.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENT --
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PREFACE --
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Chapter 1. HOMO OPTANS: ON THE HUMAN CONDITION AND THE BURDEN OF CHOICE --
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Chapter 2. CAUSAL NECESSITATION AND FREE WILL --
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Chapter 3. PREDICTIVE INCAPACITY AND RATIONAL DECISION --
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Chapter 4. EXTRATERRESTRIAL SCIENCE --
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Chapter 5. TRAPPED WITHIN HISTORY? — A PROCESS-PHILOSOPHICAL REFUTATION OF HISTORICIST RELATIVISM --
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Chapter 6. RATIONALITY AND MORAL OBLIGATION --
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Chapter 7. LUCK AND THE ENIGMAS OF FATE --
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Chapter 8. THE SIGNIFICATIONS OF SILENCE --
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Chapter 9. AMPHIBIOUS MAN --
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Chapter 10 WHAT IF THINGS WERE DIFFERENT?–COUNTERFACTUAL CONDITIONALS AND ALTERNATIVE REALITIES --
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Chapter 11. SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF FICTION --
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Name Index.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110325409
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110326390
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110326383
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110326383
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110326383
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