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Presumption and the practices of tentative cognition /

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Title/Author:	Presumption and the practices of tentative cognition // Nicholas Rescher.
remainder title:	Presumption & the Practices of Tentative Cognition
Author:	Rescher, Nicholas,
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 181 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Hypothesis. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511498848
ISBN:	9780511498848 (ebook)

Presumption and the practices of tentative cognition /
Rescher, Nicholas,

Presumption and the practices of tentative cognition /Presumption & the Practices of Tentative CognitionNicholas Rescher. - 1 online resource (xiii, 181 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

The legal roots of presumption -- Presumption and burden of proof -- Cognitive presumptions and truth -- Validating cognitive presumptions -- Presumption and inquiry -- Default reasoning -- Presumption and trust -- Presumption and communication -- Presumption in science and beyond -- Specificity prioritization and the primacy of the particular -- Dismissing extremely remote possibilities.

Presumption is a remarkably versatile and pervasively useful resource. Firmly grounded in the law of evidence from its origins in classical antiquity, it made its way in the days of medieval scholasticism into the theory and practice of disputation and debate. Subsequently, it extended its reach to play an increasingly significant role in the philosophical theory of knowledge. It has thus come to represent a region where lawyers, debaters, and philosophers can all find some common around. In Presumption and the Practices of Tentative Cognition, Nicholas Rescher endeavors to show that the process of presumption plays a role of virtually indispensable utility in matters of rational inquiry and communication. The origins of presumption may lie in law, but its importance is reinforced by its service to the theory of information management and philosophy.

ISBN: 9780511498848 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

800061
Hypothesis.

LC Class. No.: BC183 / .R42 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 121/.6

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