Presumption and the practices of tentative cognition
By: Nicholas Rescher.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Hypothesis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The legal roots of presumption; title: Presumption and burden of proof; title: Cognitive presumptions and truth; title: Validating cognitive presumptions; title: Presumption and inquiry; title: A default reasoning; title: Presumption and trust; title: Presumption and communication; title: Presumption in science and beyond; title: Specificity prioritization and the primacy of the; title: Particular; title: Dismissing extremely remote possibilities.