Collected Papers. / Volume 12, : Studies in Metaphysical Optimalism / / Nicholas Rescher; Nicholas Rescher.

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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]
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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Collected Papers ; Volume 12
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter 1. AN INTELLIGIBLE UNIVERSE
  • Chapter 2. HOLISTIC EXPLANATION AND THE IDEA OF A GRAND UNIFIED THEORY
  • Chapter 3. THE SELF-RELIANCE OF RATIONALITY
  • Chapter 4. INTELLIGENCE-GEARED OPTIMALISM AS A SUITABLE CANDIDATE FOR A GRAND UNIFIED THEORY
  • Chapter 5. ABANDONING EFFICIENT CAUSALITY FOR 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
  • Backmatter