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Pragmatic Idealism
Critical Essays on Nicholas Rescherâs System of Pragmatic Idealism
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The System of Pragmatic Idealism is of special importance for Nicholas Rescher's philosophical work, because here he has presented the systematic approach at once. Dedicated to his 70th birthday a group of European and U.S-american philosophers discuss the main topics of Rescher's philosophical system. The contributions which are presented here for the first time and Nicholas Rescher's responses cover the most important topics of philosophy and give a deep and detailed insight into the strenght of Rescher's pragmatic idealism. This volume is of interest for philosophers studying Rescher's philosophy and for all those who are interested in systematic philosophy and the vividnes of pragmatism and idealism in present philosophy.
Introduction. Axel WÃSTEHUBE: Is Systematic Philosophy still Possible? Timo AIRAKSINEN: Moral Facts and Objective Values. Leonardo RODRÃGUEZ DUPLÃ: Values and Reasons. George GALE: Rescher on Evolution and the Intelligibility of Nature. John KEKES: The Nature of Philosophy. Peter MACHAMER: Individual and Other-Person Morality: A Plea for an Emotional Response to Ethical Problems. Diego MARCONI: Opus Incertum. Michele MARSONET: Scientific Realism and Pragmatic Idealism. Raymond MARTIN: Was Spinoza a Person? Helmut PAPE: Brute Facts, Real Minds and the Postulation of Reality: Rescher on Idealism and the Ontological Neutrality of Experience. Joseph C. PITT: Doing Philosophy: Rescher's Normative Methodology. Lorenz B. PUNTEL: Is Truth Ideal Coherence? Michael QUANTE: Understanding Conceptual Schemes: Rescher's Quarrel with Davidson. Arto SIITONEN: The Ontology of Facts and Values. Marcus WILLASCHEK: Skeptical Challenge and the Burden of Proof: On Rescher's Critique of Skepticism. Nicholas RESCHER: Responses. Name Index.