Presumption and the Practices of Tentative Cognition

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Rescher is University Professor and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of many books and articles on a range of topics in philosophy. Zusammenfassung This text endeavors to show that the process of presumption plays a role of virtually indispensable utility in matters of rational inquiry and communication. The origins of presumption may lie in law! but its importance is reinforced by its service to the theory of information management and philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The legal roots of presumption; 2. Presumption and burden of proof; 3. Cognitive presumptions and truth; 4. Validating cognitive presumptions; 5. Presumption and inquiry; 6. A default reasoning; 7. Presumption and trust; 8. Presumption and communication; 9. Presumption in science and beyond; 10. Specificity prioritization and the primacy of the particular; 11. Dismissing extremely remote possibilities; Conclusion.

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• Authors: Nicholas Rescher
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.06.2006
• EAN: 9780521864749
• ISBN: 978-0-521-86474-9
• No. of pages: 198
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Law, Artificial Intelligence, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, Philosophy, Behavioural theory (Behaviourism), Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism, Cognitivism, cognitive theory