Pluralism: Against the Demand for Consensus
Author:   Nicholas Rescher (University Professor of Philosophy, University Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   New edition
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Pages:   216
Publication Date:   14 September 1995
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Nicholas Rescher (University Professor of Philosophy, University Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.286kg
ISBN:  

9780198236016


ISBN 10:   0198236018
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   14 September 1995
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Rescher provides a cogent and sustained attack on the thesis that consensus is necessary and sufficient and desirable for rationality, truth, communication, cooperation, and social order. He also offers a powerful argument in favor of dissensus ... Highly recommended for all libraries. Choice


'Rescher provides a cogent and sustained attack on the thesis that consensus is necessary and sufficient and desirable for rationality, truth, communication, cooperation, and social order. He also offers a powerful argument in favor of dissensus ... Highly recommended for all libraries.' W.F. Desmond, Black Hawk College, Choice, May '94 `Rescher reveals the flaws of certain consensus theories of truth ... fundamental and well-reasoned challenges to prevailing conceptions of justification, which defenders of proceduralism and consensus would do well to consider carefully.' Political Studies


Highly recommended for all libraries. --Choice<br>


<br> Highly recommended for all libraries. --Choice<p><br>


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