This novel approach to epistemological discourse explains the complex but crucial role that systematization plays-not just for the organization of what we know, but also for its validation. Cognitive Harmony argues for a new conception of the process philosophers generally call induction. Relying on the root definition of harmony, a coherent unification of component parts (systemic integrity) in such a way that the final object can successfully accomplish what it was meant to do (evaluative positivity), Rescher discusses the role of harmony in cognitive contexts, the history of cognitive harmony, and the various features it has in producing human knowledge. The book ends on the issue of philosophy and the sort of harmony required of philosophical systems.
| ISBN: | 9780822942436 |
| Publication date: | 4th April 2005 |
| Author: | Nicholas Rescher |
| Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 118 pages |
| Genres: |
Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge |
This novel approach to epistemological discourse explains the complex but crucial role that systematization plays-not just for the organization of what we know, but also for its validation. Cognitive Harmony argues for a new conception of the process philosophers generally call induction. Relying on the root definition of harmony, a coherent unification of component parts (systemic integrity) in such a way that the final object can successfully accomplish what it was meant to do (evaluative positivity), Rescher discusses the role of harmony in cognitive contexts, the history of cognitive harmony, and the various features it has in producing human knowledge. The book ends on the issue of philosophy and the sort of harmony required of philosophical systems.
Cognitive Harmony features in the following genres: Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge
Cognitive Harmony is available in Hardback
Cognitive Harmony was written by Nicholas Rescher and published by University of Pittsburgh Press
Cognitive Harmony has 118 pages