: Nicholas Rescher
: Process Philosophical Deliberations
: Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
: 9783110328325
: Process ThoughtISSN
: 1
: CHF 110.60
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: Sonstiges
: English
: 193
: Wasserzeichen
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Process philosophy has established itself as one of the 20th century's prime contributions to philosophical thought and Nicholas Rescher has for many years figured among its prime exponents. His new book Process Philosophical Deliberations collects together ten studies illuminating various aspects of this many-sided philosophical approach. Among the topics treated are the nature of process philosophy itself, as well as its implementation in such areas as epistemology, value theory, moral philosophy, and the philosophy of science.

Contents5
PREFACE7
PROCESS PHILOSOPHY9
ON SITUATING PROCESS PHILOSOPHY35
BY THE STANDARDS OF THEIRDAY: A VENTURE IN PROCESSAXIOLOGY43
TRAPPED WITHIN HISTORY:A PROCESS-PHILOSOPHICALREFUTATION OF HISTORICISTRELATIVISM55
CAUSAL NECESSITATION ANDFREE WILL IN PROCESSUALPERSPECTIVE68
KNOWLEDGE IN PROCESSUALPERSPECTIVE85
COGNITIVE PROCESSES ANDSCIENTIFIC PROGRESS95
DIALECTIC AS A COGNITIVE PROCESS122
COGNITIVE PROGRESS IN A COMPLEXWORLD: DESTABILIZATION ANDCOMPLEXIFICATION145
PROCESS AND COGNITIVEPROGRESS167
Name Index197