Philosophical Standardism: An Empiricist Approach to Philosophical Methodology
Philosophical Standardism is ideal for bringing one of the field’s preeminent scholars into the classroom. In this novel empirical treatment of fundamental issues in philosophy, Nicholas Rescher propounds an unorthodox approach to philosophical doctrines that is predicated on the idea of standardism.
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Philosophical Standardism is ideal for bringing one of the field’s preeminent scholars into the classroom. In this novel empirical treatment of fundamental issues in philosophy, Nicholas Rescher propounds an unorthodox approach to philosophical doctrines that is predicated on the idea of standardism. Booknews Propounds an unorthodox approach to philosophy that is predicated on interpreting generalizations not as universals, but as standards, that is, how things stand as a rule but not always. It is not to be confused with statistics or probability. The approach sidesteps pretensions of necessity to allow a more modest and cautious perspective that asks what our experience of the world indicates to be the normal course of affairs. No subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
PrefaceIntroduction31How Standardism Works72The Standardistic Approach to Philosophical Issues333Standardism and the Theory of Knowledge694Standardism and Ethics815Standardistic Ontology1176Standardism and Philosophy of Nature1297Standardism, Reflexivity, and Metaphilosophy1398The Problem with Far-Fetched Hypotheses in Philosophy1559Standardism in Empiricist Perspective175Bibliography207Name Index213
\ BooknewsPropounds an unorthodox approach to philosophy that is predicated on interpreting generalizations not as universals, but as standards, that is, how things stand as a rule but not always. It is not to be confused with statistics or probability. The approach sidesteps pretensions of necessity to allow a more modest and cautious perspective that asks what our experience of the world indicates to be the normal course of affairs. No subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
