Epistemetrics
Epistemetrics by Nicholas Rescher, published by Cambridge University Press on March 13, 2006, is an illustrated work comprising 112 pages. This book explores the emerging field of epistemetrics, which seeks to quantify knowledge beyond the confines of traditional scientific disciplines. Rescher examines the interplay between various cognitive resources and highlights the limitations inherent in our pursuit of knowledge.
Readers will find that Epistemetrics not only delves into the foundational aspects of this new discipline but also offers insights into the broader implications of knowledge quantification. The text engages with subjects such as philosophy, epistemology, and logic, providing a framework for understanding the constraints that shape our intellectual endeavors. This edition serves as a valuable resource for scholars interested in the dynamics of knowledge and its measurement.
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When this book was originally published in 2006, Epistemetrics was not as yet a scholarly discipline. With regard to scientific information there was the discipline of scientometrics, represented by a journal of that very name. Science, however, had a monopoly on knowledge. Although it is one of our most important cognitive resources, it is not our only one. While scientometrics is a centerpiece of epistemetrics, it is not the whole of it. Nicholas Rescher’s endeavor to quantify knowledge is not only of interest in itself, but is also instructive in bringing into sharper relief the nature of and the explanatory rationale for the limits that unavoidably confront our efforts to advance the frontiers of knowledge. In particular, his book demonstrates the limitations of human knowledge and will be of great value to scholars working in this area.
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