Reason and rationality in natural science : a group of essays /

Scientific progress : a philosophical essay on the economics of research in natural science / by Rescher, Nicholas

Epistemology : an introduction to the theory of knowledge / by Rescher, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…Law of Logarithmic Returns and the Complexification of Natural Science --…”
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Finitude : a study of cognitive limits and limitations / by Rescher, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…On finitude and limitations -- Natural science as a human artifact -- Unruly worlds -- The means and methods of rationality -- The limits of naturalistic reason -- Perplexing choices -- Wisdom.…”
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Cognitive complications : epistemology in pragmatic perspective / by Rescher, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Factual knowledge in the perspective of pragmatic idealism -- Cognitive defaults -- Inescapable error -- Modes of cognitive appraisal -- Simplicity as a pragmatic conception -- Oversimplification -- The role of technology in natural science -- Creative probability -- Unanswerable questions and unknowable facts -- Indefinite knowledge, unidentifiable items, and paradoxes of vagueness -- Importance -- Cognitive complementarity -- Excellence examined -- Group knowledge -- Physical science from an alien point of view -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.…”
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The limits of science / by Rescher, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…-- The limits of quantification in human affairs -- The limited province of natural science.…”
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