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Cognitive Harmony: The Role of Systemic Harmony in the Constitution of Knowledge
Nicholas Rescher
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Description for Cognitive Harmony: The Role of Systemic Harmony in the Constitution of Knowledge
Hardcover. Nicholas Rescher's three books present an integrated and unified approach to the key issues of epistemology, Epistemic Logic; Cognitive Harmony ; and Realism and Pragmatic. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
This novel approach to epistemological discourse explains the complex but crucial role that systematization plays-not just for the organization of what we know, but also for its validation. Cognitive Harmony argues for a new conception of the process philosophers generally call induction. Relying on the root definition of harmony, a coherent unification of component parts (systemic integrity) in such a way that the final object can successfully accomplish what it was meant to do (evaluative positivity), Rescher discusses the role of harmony in cognitive contexts, the history of cognitive harmony, and the various features it has in producing human knowledge. ... Read more
This novel approach to epistemological discourse explains the complex but crucial role that systematization plays-not just for the organization of what we know, but also for its validation. Cognitive Harmony argues for a new conception of the process philosophers generally call induction. Relying on the root definition of harmony, a coherent unification of component parts (systemic integrity) in such a way that the final object can successfully accomplish what it was meant to do (evaluative positivity), Rescher discusses the role of harmony in cognitive contexts, the history of cognitive harmony, and the various features it has in producing human knowledge. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822942436
SKU
V9780822942436
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About Nicholas Rescher
Nicholas Rescher is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and co-chairman of the Center for Philosophy of Science. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has served as president of the E
Reviews for Cognitive Harmony: The Role of Systemic Harmony in the Constitution of Knowledge
Rescher's new trilogy is not only informative, and elegantly crisp about the core problems of epistemic harmony, epistemic logic, and the thrust of pragmatic epistemology, it is systematically impressive and convincing on the basic positions advanced. - Robert Almeder, Georgia State University; ""These books are welcome and important additions to an already impressive body of work."" - Ernest Sosa, Brown ... Read more