Epistemetrics / Nicholas Rescher.

Author/creator Rescher, Nicholas
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Descriptionxi, 112 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 107-110) and index.
LCCN 2005019557
ISBN0521861209 (hardback)

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Joyner General Stacks BD212.5 .R47 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold