Nature and Understanding: The Metaphysics and Methods of Science - Brossura

Rescher, Nicholas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0199261822 ISBN 13: 9780199261826

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, USA, 2003

Riassunto

Exploring the central ideas of traditional metaphysics-such as the simplicity of nature, its comprehensibility, or its systematic integrity-this book analyzes looking at such notions from a scientific point of view. It seeks to describe in a clear, accessible manner the metaphysical situation that characterizes the process of inquiry in natural science, aiming to shed light on reality by examining the modus operandi of natural science itself and focusing as much on its findings as on its conceptual and methodological presuppositions. Written by an eminent scholar of philosophy, this book is the culmination of many years of penetrating work. It is the definitive presentation of some of Nicholas Rescher's most fascinating ideas and is an engaging source for philosophers and non-philosophers alike.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Nicholas Rescher is University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. Author of more than eighty works ranging over many areas of philosophy, he was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Prize for Humanistic Scholarship in 1984.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Oxford University Press, USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0199261822
• ISBN 13: 9780199261826
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 200
• Contatto del produttore: Messaggerie Libri; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8.; Assago Milano; 20090; Italia