Rescher Studies in Metaphysical Optimalism

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-11-032648-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band Volume 12, 96 Seiten

Reihe: Collected Papers

For about a decade Nicholas Rescher directed the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Philosophy of Science and he has published instructive studies in this field since the 1950’s. Some dozen of the contributions to the field are published in the present volume, and they combine to illustrate his characteristic approach of blending empirical data with philosophical theorizing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rescher, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;5
2;PREFACE;7
3;Chapter 1AN INTELLIGIBLE UNIVERSE;11
4;Chapter 2HOLISTIC EXPLANATION AND THEIDEA OF A GRAND UNIFIED THEORY;21
5;Chapter 3THE SELF-RELIANCE OFRATIONALITY;31
6;Chapter 4INTELLIGENCE-GEARED OPTIMALISMAS A SUITABLE CANDIDATEFOR A GRAND UNIFIED THEORY;39
7;Chapter 5ABANDONING EFFICIENT CAUSALITYFOR AXIOTROPISM;51
8;Chapter 6SOME OBJECTIONS TO OPTIMALISM;63
9;Chapter 7OPTIMALISM AND PSEUDO-SCIENCE(IS OPTIMALISM UNSCIENTIFIC?);81
10;Chapter 8OPTIMALISM AND THEOLOGY(IS OPTIMALISM CRYPTOTHEISTIC?);93
11;Name Index;101