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Presumption and the practices of tentative cognition / Nicholas Rescher

Author
Rescher, Nicholas
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Physical Description
xiii, 181 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents
The legal roots of presumption -- Presumption and burden of proof -- Cognitive presumptions and truth -- Validating cognitive presumptions -- Presumption and inquiry -- Default reasoning -- Presumption and trust -- Presumption and communication -- Presumption in science and beyond -- Specificity prioritization and the primacy of the particular -- Dismissing extremely remote possibilities.
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ISBN
0521864747 (hardback)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-178) and indexes.
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