02835cam a2200541Mu 4500 ocn851972086 OCoLC 20200709055857.0 m d cr |n| 130706s2013 gw o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng pn EBLCP OCLCQ IDEBK AZU OCLCO COO N$T 9783110320442 (electronic bk.) 3110320444 (electronic bk.) 9783110320459 3110320452 9781299723962 1299723969 (OCoLC)851972086 603472 (N$T) BD311 PHI 013000 bisacsh 111 N$TA Rescher, Nicholas. On Explaining Existence [electronic resource]. Berlin : De Gruyter, 2013. 1 online resource (144 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter One. EXISTENCE EXPLANATION AND THE HUME-EDWARDS PRINCIPLE; Chapter Two. THE METAPHYSICS OF POSSIBILITY ACTUALIZATION; Chapter Three. OPTIMALISM AND THE AXIOLOGICAL TURN; Chapter Four. THE PIVOTAL ROLE OF INTELLIGENCE; Chapter Five. DEFENDING OPTIMALISM; Chapter Six. ON THE IMPROVABILITY OF THE WORLD; Chapter Seven. OPTIMALISM AND THEISM; Chapter Eight. ULTIMATE EXPLANATION; NAME INDEX. No short book on the explanation of existence can afford the hubris of claiming to accomplish this task. And certainly no such claim can be or is being made here. What is at issue is not-and cannot be-an actual explanation. Rather, what is attempted here is at the very most a rough sketch of the conceptual architecture that an adequate explanation can be expected to exhibit. No more is achieved than a rough and general indication of the direction in which a satisfactory explanation can unfold. A vast amount of detail will have to be filled in to provide a tenable explanation. Only the rough sh. Description based on print version record. Ontology. Reality. PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Rescher, Nicholas. On Explaining Existence. Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2013 9783110320138 Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1215541 http://lib.myilibrary.com?id=503647 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=603472 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1215541 Ingram Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis25806398 EBSCOhost EBSC 603472 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 53473 53473