Ｎ・レッシャー著／推論と一時的認知の実践 Presumption and the Practices of Tentative Cognition

Rescher, Nicholas

Cambridge University Press（2006/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 198 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780521864749
• DDC分類 121.6

基本説明

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.

Full 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 around. 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 importance is reinforced by its service to the theory of information management and philosophy.

Contents

Preface; 1. The legal roots of presumption; 2. Presumption and burden of proof; 3. Cognitive presumptions and truth; 4. Validating cognitive presumptions; 5. Presumption and inquiry; 6. A default reasoning; 7. Presumption and trust; 8. Presumption and communication; 9. Presumption in science and beyond; 10. Specificity prioritization and the primacy of the particular; 11. Dismissing extremely remote possibilities; Conclusion.