Contents -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1AN INTELLIGIBLE UNIVERSE -- Chapter 2HOLISTIC EXPLANATION AND THE IDEA OF A GRAND UNIFIED THEORY -- Chapter 3THE SELF-RELIANCE OFRATIONALITY -- Chapter 4 INTELLIGENCE-GEARED OPTIMALISM AS A SUITABLE CANDIDATE FOR A GRAND UNIFIED THEORY -- Chapter 5 ABANDONING EFFICIENT CAUSALITYFOR AXIOTROPISM -- Chapter 6 SOME OBJECTIONS TO OPTIMALISM -- Chapter 7 OPTIMALISM AND PSEUDO-SCIENCE(IS OPTIMALISM UNSCIENTIFIC?) -- Chapter 8 OPTIMALISM AND THEOLOGY (IS OPTIMALISM CRYPTOTHEISTIC?) -- Name Index.