Error (on our predicament when things go wrong)
In Error, Nicholas Rescher presents a fresh analysis of the occurrence, causality, and consequences of error in human thought, action, and evaluation. Rescher maintains that error-avoidance and truth-achievement are distinct but equally important factors for rational inquiry, and that error is inher...
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Pittsburgh, PA :
University of Pittsburgh Press
2007.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- The ways of error
- The dialectic of ignorance and error
- Scepticism and the risk of error
- Error and oversimplification
- Error and morality
- Error and metaphysics
- Historical background
- Error's ramifications.
