Rescher on Rationality, Values, and Social Responsibility: A Philosophical Portrait (Reading Rescher) - Hardcover

Moutafakis, Nicholas J.

9783938793633: Rescher on Rationality, Values, and Social Responsibility: A Philosophical Portrait (Reading Rescher)

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Publisher: ontos verlag, 2007

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Nicholas Rescher, University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, stands as a major figure in American philosophy today. His philosophical contribution, ranging over fifty years, is marked by a profound respect for the fate of the human condition in a world of unparalleled scientific and technological innovation. This work brings under the centrally unifying theme of "rationality" some of the issues on values and personal responsibility he has addressed during his long and distinguished career.

Nicholas J. Moutafakis is professor of philosophy at Cleveland State University. His books include Imperatives and Their Logics, The Logics of Preference, A Study of Prohairetic Logic in Twentieth Century Philosophy, Tatakis' History of Byzantine Philosophy, and Neoplatonism and Western Aesthetics--A Collection of Essays.

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Nicholas Rescher's philosophical contribution is marked by a profound respect for the fate of the human condition in a world of unparalleled scientific and technological innovation. This work brings under the centrally unifying theme of 'rationality' some of the issues on values and personal responsibility he has addressed during his career.

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Nicholas Rescher stands as a major figure in American Philosophy today. His philosophical contribution, ranging over fifty years, is marked by a profound respect for the fate of the human condition in a world of unparalleled scientific and technological innovation. This work brings under the centrally unifying theme of 'rationality' some of the issues on values and personal responsibility he has addressed during his long and distinguished career. The book is intended to illustrate the synthesis of Rescher's thinking relative to these ideas, as expounded upon for many decades.

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