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Studies in philosophical anthropology /

The place of humans in nature's scheme of things and the conditions and circumstances of our existence have been at the forefront of philosophical deliberation since the very dawn of the subject. Over the past three decades Rescher from time to time ventured into discussions of some of the key...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rescher, Nicholas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Frankfurt ; New Brunswick : Ontos Verlag, 2006.
Colección:Nicholas Rescher collected papers ; v. 7
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • PREFACE; Chapter 1 HOMO OPTANS:ON THE HUMAN CONDITION ANDTHE BURDEN OF CHOICE; Chapter 2 CAUSAL NECESSITATIONAND FREE WILL; Chapter 3 PREDICTIVE INCAPACITY ANDRATIONAL DECISION; Chapter 4 EXTRATERRESTRIAL SCIENCE; Chapter 5 TRAPPED WITHIN HISTORY? -A PROCESS-PHILOSOPHICALREFUTATION OF HISTORICISTRELATIVISM; Chapter 6 RATIONALITY AND MORALOBLIGATION; Chapter 7 LUCK AND THE ENIGMAS OF FATE; Chapter 8 THE SIGNIFICATIONS OF SILENCE; Chapter 9 AMPHIBIOUS MAN; Chapter 10 WHAT IF THINGS WEREDIFFERENT?-COUNTERFACTUALCONDITIONALS AND ALTERNATIVEREALITIES.