Nicholas Rescher

Broschiertes Buch

Cognitive Economy

The Economic Dimension of the Theory of Knowledge

Beschreibung

Nicholas Rescher outlines a general theory for the cost-effective use of intellectual resources, and discusses the requirements of cooperation, communication, cognitive importance, cognitive economy, and then applies his model to several case studies.

Autor

Nicholas Rescher was 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 served as president of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association, the Leibniz Society of North America, the Charles S. Peirce Society, the American Catholic Philosophical Association, and the Metaphysical Society of America. Rescher was the author or editor of more than one hundred books, including Ignorance (On the Wider Implications of Deficient Knowledge), Philosophical Inquiries: An Introduction to Problems of Philosophy, and A Journey through Philosophy in 101 Anecdotes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9780822985204
• ISBN-10: 0822985209
• Artikelnr.: 28969741