The Strife of Systems
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The Strife of Systems

An Essay on the Grounds and Implications of Philosophical Diversity

  1. 296 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Strife of Systems

An Essay on the Grounds and Implications of Philosophical Diversity

About this book

The disagreement of philosophers is notorious. In this book, Rescher develops a theory that accounts for this conflict and shows how the basis for philosophical disagreement roots in divergent 'cognitive values'-values regarding matters such as importance, centrality, and priority. In light of this analysis, Rescher maintains that, despite this inevitable discord, a skeptical or indifferentist reaction to traditional philosophy is not warranted, seeing that genuine value-conflicts are at issue. He argues that philosophy is an important and worthwhile enterprise, notwithstanding its inability to achieve rationally constrained consensus on the issues. Given the nature of the enterprise, consensus is not a realistic goal, and failure to achieve it is not a defect. Accordingly, Rescher argues against the revisionist views proposed by Richard Rorty and Robert Nozick. His discussions are devoted to providing a clear view of why philosophical problems arise and how philosophers address them.

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Information

Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Year
2010
eBook ISBN
9780822976387
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosophy History & Theory

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. 1. The Problem of Philosophical Diversity
  4. 2. Philosophy and Paradox: The Pivotal Role of Aporetic Clusters
  5. 3. Why Antinomies Pervade Philosophy
  6. 4. Escaping Inconsistency via Distinctions
  7. 5. Developmental Dialectics
  8. 6. Cognitive Values and Antinomy Resolution
  9. 7. Orientational Pluralism: The Inevitability of Value Diversity
  10. 8. The Range of Reason
  11. 9. What Orientational Pluralism Means for Philosophy
  12. 10. Truth and Reality: Ramifications of Relativism
  13. 11. Is There Progress in Philosophy? The Problem of Unattainable Consensus
  14. 12. Reactions to Pluralism
  15. 13. More on Scepticism and Syncretism
  16. 14. Prescriptive Versus Descriptive Metaphilosophy
  17. Name Index
  18. Subject Index

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