Rescher, Nicholas. creator text Electronic books. gw Berlin De Gruyter 2013 monographic eng

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1 online resource (144 pages) 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. 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. Ontology Reality PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics BD311 111 Rescher, Nicholas. Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2013 9783110320442 (electronic bk.) 3110320444 (electronic bk.) http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1215541 http://lib.myilibrary.com?id=503647 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=603472 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1215541 http://lib.myilibrary.com?id=503647 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=603472 EBLCP 130706 20200709055857.0 ocn851972086 eng