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Author Rescher, Nicholas, author.

Title Philosophical inquiries : an introduction to problems of philosophy / Nicholas Rescher.

Publication Info. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2010]
2010

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Description 1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The task of philosophy -- Knowledge and scepticism -- Limits of science -- Realism/idealism -- Intelligent design -- Fallacies regarding free will -- Mind and matter -- Pragmatism and practical rationality -- The demands of morality -- By whose standards? -- Pluralism and concretization quandaries -- The power of ideals -- Science and religion -- On the improvability of the world -- Why philosophy?
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Philosophy -- Introductions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Rescher, Nicholas. Philosophical inquiries : an introduction to problems of philosophy. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2010] ix, 219 pages ; 22 cm 9780822960751 (OCoLC)ocn468973706 (DLC)10863977
ISBN 9780822960751 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0822960753 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822973782 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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