Epistemetrics / Nicholas Rescher.
| Author/creator | Rescher, Nicholas |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. |
| Description | xi, 112 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Asking for more than truth : Duhem's law of cognitive complementarity -- Kant's conception of knowledge as systematized information -- Spencer's law of cognitive development -- Gibbon's law of logarithmic returns -- Adams's thesis on exponential growth -- Quality retardation -- How much can be known? : a Leibnizian perspective on the quantitative discrepancy between linguistic truth and objective fact -- On the limits of knowledge : a Kantian perspective on cognitive finitude. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-110) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005019557 |
| ISBN | 0521861209 (hardback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BD212.5 .R47 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |