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Presumption and the Practices of Tentative Cognition

By Nicholas Rescher

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
0521864747, 9780521864749, 9780511226472
LCC
BC183 .R42 2006
Open Library ID
OL22735895M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1249416 bytes)
Pages
198\199
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

Presumption is a remarkably versatile and pervasively useful resource. Firmly grounded in the law of evidence from its origins in classical antiquity, it made its way in the days of medieval scholasticism into the theory and practice of disputation and debate. Subsequently, it extended its reach to play an increasingly significant role in the philosophical theory of knowledge. It has thus come to represent a region where lawyers, debaters, and philosophers can all find some common ground. In Presumption and the Practices of Tentative Cognition, Nicholas Rescher endeavors to show that the process of presumption plays a role of virtually indispensable utility in matters of rational inquiry and communication. The origins of presumption may lie in law, but its future is assured by its service to the theory of information management and the philosophy of science.

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