On rules and principles : a philosophical study of their nature and function

On rules and principles : a philosophical study of their nature and function / Nicholas Rescher.

The present book is a natural outgrowth of Rescher's longstanding preoccupation with the rational systematization of our knowledge as manifested in such earlier works as Cognitive Systematization (Oxford: Blackwell, 1979), and Complexity (New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 1998). Accordingl...

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Main Author: Rescher, Nicholas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2010.
Subjects:
Norm > Musikgruppe
Principle (Philosophy)
Rules (Philosophy)
rules (instructions)
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
Regel
Prinzip
Rationalität
Regel.
Prinzip.
Norm (Ethik)
Rationalität.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 RULES; Chapter 2 RULE CONFLICTS, HIGHER-ORDER RULES, AND RULES OF REASON; Chapter 3 FUNCTIONAL HIERARCHIES; Chapter 4 JUDGMENT AND THE LIMITED REACH OF PROCEDURAL RULES; Chapter 5 RULES, THE SOCIAL ORDER, AND MORALITY; Chapter 6 PRINCIPLES: THEIR NATURE AND MISSION; Chapter 7 FUNCTIONAL HIERARCHIES AGAIN; Chapter 8 PRINCIPLES OF RATIONAL INQUIRY; Chapter 9 THE PRINCIPLE OF SUFFICIENT REASON; Chapter 10 PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES; Chapter 11 PRINCIPLES IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY; Chapter 12 LEIBNIZIAN PHYSICS AS A CASE STUDY; Chapter 13 MORAL PRINCIPLES; CODA; References; Name Index.

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