Unknowability - An Inquiry Into the Limits of Knowledge (Hardcover, New)

The realities of mankind's cognitive situation are such that our knowledge of the world's ways is bound to be imperfect. None the less, the theory of unknowability--agnoseology as some have called it--is a rather underdeveloped branch of philosophy. In this philosophically rich and groundbreaking work, Nicholas Rescher aims to remedy this. As the heart of the discussion is an examination of what Rescher identifies as the four prime reasons for the impracticability of cognitive access to certain facts about the world: developmental inpredictability, verificational surdity, ontological detail, and predicative vagrancy. Rescher provides a detailed and illuminating account of the role of each of these factors in limiting human knowledge, giving us an overall picture of the practical and theoretical limits to our capacity to know our world.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2009
First published:	April 2009
Authors:	Nicholas Rescher
Dimensions:	240 x 161 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	124
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-3615-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
LSN:	0-7391-3615-1
Barcode:	9780739136157

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