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Philosophy began hundreds of years BCE, and by now has grown to a scope and scale beyond acceptability by any single mind. But a sampling of episodes and issues can convey some idea of the nature of the field. It is the goal of the book to clarify a wide spectrum of key philosophical issues.
“In Ventures in Philosophical History, Nicholas Rescher forcefully brings us to understand how viewing philosophy in terms of the questions it seeks to answer gives us a new appreciation of the dialectic growth of philosophical thought. Using contemporary methods, Rescher illuminates older philosophical questions created by older philosophers, bringing us and them into a continuous conversation. His understanding of the liveliness of contemporary philosophy is refreshing and most welcome.” —Joseph C. Pitt, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Virginia Tech, USA.
Nicholas Rescher is an extensively published philosopher. He has been awarded the Aquinas Medal of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, the Helmholtz Medal of the Berlin/Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, and the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Honorary degrees have been awarded to him by eight universities in three continents.
Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Principles of Leibnizian Metaphysics; Chapter 2: Leibniz and “The Liar” Paradox; Chapter 3: Hume and Conceivability; Chapter 4: Hume and Rationality; Chapter 5: The Rationale of Kantian Ethics; Chapter 6: Kant on a Key Difference between Philosophy and Science; Chapter 7: Pragmatic Perspectives; Chapter 8: Wittgenstein’s Logocentrism; Chapter 9: Did Leibniz Anticipate Gödel?; Chapter 10: The Agenda of Philosophy; Index of Names