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Forbidden Knowledge - And Other Essays on the Philosophy of Cognition (Hardcover, 1987 ed.)
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Forbidden Knowledge - And Other Essays on the Philosophy of Cognition (Hardcover, 1987 ed.)
Series: Episteme, 13
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This volume collects together eleven essays in epistemology,
written during the past three years. They are mostly unpublished,
just four of them having appeared previously (numbers two, three,
four and eleven). Detailed acknowledgement of prior publication is
made in the notes to the relevant chapters. I am indebted to the
editors of the several publications involved for their kind
permission to use this material. And I am particularly grateful to
my friend, Professor Mario Bunge, for his interest in my work and
for his willingness to include this sample of it in his 'Episteme'
series. NICHOLAS RESCHER Pittsburgh, PA December, 1986 xi
INTRODUCTION The philosophy of knowledge covers a vast and
enormously diversified terrain. Within this broad area, the essays
that comprise the present book deal specifically with the following
issues: 1. The moral dimension of inquiry - in particular,
scientific inquiry into the ways of the world (Chapter 1) 2. The
epistemic status of such cognitive 'values' of inquiry as -
coherence (Chapter 2) - consistency (Chapter 3) - completeness
(Chapter 4) 3. The cognitive bearing of probabilistic
considerations (Chapters 5 and 6) 4. The epistemic status of
certain ideal desiderata of cognition, such as - totality (Chapter
7) - precision (Chapter 8) - exactness (Chapter 9) 5.
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