Satisfying Reason: Studies in the Theory of Knowledge

by Nicholas Rescher

Book Overview

Leibniz said with a mixture of admiration and inspiration that the Duchess Sophie of Hannover always wanted to know the reason why behind the reason why. And that is just how rationality works: it wants to leave no loose ends to understanding, seeking to enable us to understand things through to the bitter end.
In the twelve chapters that make up Satisfying Reason, Rescher develops and defends the following perspective: That rationality is a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401042160
• ISBN13: 9789401042161
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"