Cognitive Harmony
Subtitle: The Role of Systemic Harmony in the Constitution of Knowledge
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: April 4, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780822942436
Subjects: Epistemology, theory of knowledge; Logic; Epistemology; Philosophy / Epistemology; Philosophy; Cognition; Harmony (Philosophy); Induction (Logic); Knowledge, Theory of; System theory
Description: "In Cognitive Harmony, Nicholas Rescher explains the complex but crucial role that systematization plays - not just for the organization of what we know, but also for its validation - and argues for a new conception of the process philosophers call induction. Defining harmony as 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 it in cognitive contexts: the history of cognitive harmony, the role it has in producing human knowledge, and the sort of harmony required of philosophical systems."--Jacket.