Nicholas Rescher

Broschiertes Buch

Predicting the Future

An Introduction to the Theory of Forecasting

Beschreibung

Develops a general theory of prediction that encompasses its fundamental principles, methodology, and practice and gives an overview of its promises and problems.

Autor

Nicholas Rescher is University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of more than one hundred books, including Epistemology: An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge; Realistic Pragmatism: An Introduction to Pragmatic Philosophy; Predicting the Future: An Introduction to the Theory of Forecasting; Process Metaphysics: An Introduction to Process Philosophy; and Dialectics: A Controversy-Oriented Approach to the Theory of Knowledge; all published by SUNY Press. Among his many achievements, he is former president of the American Philosophical Association and recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Prize for Humanistic Scholarship.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SUNY Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780791435540
• ISBN-10: 0791435547
• Artikelnr.: 21067024