Title: Is philosophy dispensable? : and other philosophical essays /
Authors: Rescher, Nicholas.
Publisher: Ontos,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Philosophy.
Contents: Preface -- is philosophy dispensable? (An aporetic analysis) -- First principles and their place in philosophy -- The Hume-Edwards principle and its problems -- The limits of naturalism (nature and culture in perspectival duality) -- On universals, natural kinds, and laws of nature -- Aquinas and the principle of epistemic disparity -- Self-substantiating statements -- Regret -- The problem of evil -- Rationality, self-interest, altruism, and obligation -- What is pragmatism? -- The transformation of American philosophy - Index of names.