Cognitive Economy: The Economic Dimension of the Theory of Knowledge by Rescher, Nicholas

Cognitive Economy: The Economic Dimension of the Theory of Knowledge (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780822985204)

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Cognitive Economy: The Economic Dimension of the Theory of Knowledge by Rescher, Nicholas

Cognitive Economy: The Economic Dimension of the Theory of Knowledge

$45.00
Cognitive Economy: The Economic Dimension of the Theory of Knowledge by Rescher, Nicholas

Cognitive Economy: The Economic Dimension of the Theory of Knowledge

$45.00
Format: Paperback
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Cost, expected benefits, and risks are paramount in grant agencies' decisions to fund scientific research. In Cognitive Economy, Nicholas Rescher outlines a general theory for the cost-effective use of intellectual resources, amplifying the theories of Charles Sanders Pierce, who stressed an \u201ceconomy of research.\u201d Rescher discusses the requirements of cooperation, communication, cognitive importance, cognitive economy, as well as the economic factors bearing on induction and simplicity. He then applies his model to several case studies and to clarifying the limits imposed on science by economic considerations.

Author: Nicholas Rescher
ISBN-10: 0822985209
ISBN-13: 9780822985204
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Language: English
Published: 01/13/2010
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d
By Nicholas Rescher
By Nicholas Rescher
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Nicholas Rescher is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and co-chairman of the Center for Philosophy of Science. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has served as president of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association, the Leibniz Society of North America, the Charles S. Peirce Society, the American Catholic Philosophical Association, and the Metaphysical Society of America. Rescher is the author or editor of more than one hundred books, including Ignorance (On the Wider Implications of Deficient Knowledge), Philosophical Inquiries: An Introduction to Problems of Philosophy, and A Journey through Philosophy in 101 Anecdotes.

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