On Explaining Existence.
Title:
On Explaining Existence.
Author:
Rescher, Nicholas.
ISBN:
9783110320442
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (134 pages)
Contents:
Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One. EXISTENCE EXPLANATION AND THE HUME-EDWARDS PRINCIPLE -- Chapter Two. THE METAPHYSICS OF POSSIBILITY ACTUALIZATION -- Chapter Three. OPTIMALISM AND THE AXIOLOGICAL TURN -- Chapter Four. THE PIVOTAL ROLE OF INTELLIGENCE -- Chapter Five. DEFENDING OPTIMALISM -- Chapter Six. ON THE IMPROVABILITY OF THE WORLD -- Chapter Seven. OPTIMALISM AND THEISM -- Chapter Eight. ULTIMATE EXPLANATION -- NAME INDEX.
Abstract:
No short book on the explanation of existence can afford the hubris of claiming to accomplish this task. And certainly no such claim can be or is being made here. What this book attempts is at the very most a rough sketch of the conceptual architecture that an adequate explanation can be expected to exhibit.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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