02835cam a2200541Mu 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007000700055008004100062040006200103020003500165020003200200020001800232020001500250020001800265020001500283035002100298035001800319050001000337072002500347082000800372049000900380100002300389245005200412260003300464300003400497336002600531337002600557338003600583505042900619520060601048588004701654650001401701650001301715650003801728655002201766776010901788856008101897856004001978856010502018938004202123938005502165938002802220910001602248994001202264999001702276ocn851972086OCoLC20200709055857.0m        d        cr |n|130706s2013    gw      o     000 0 eng d  aEBLCPbengepncEBLCPdOCLCQdIDEBKdAZUdOCLCOdCOOdN$T  a9783110320442 (electronic bk.)  a3110320444 (electronic bk.)  z9783110320459  z3110320452  z9781299723962  z1299723969  a(OCoLC)851972086  a603472b(N$T) 4aBD311 7aPHIx0130002bisacsh04a111  aN$TA1 aRescher, Nicholas.10aOn Explaining Existenceh[electronic resource].  aBerlin :bDe Gruyter,c2013.  a1 online resource (144 pages)  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier0 aTable of Contents; Preface; Chapter One. EXISTENCE EXPLANATION AND THE HUME-EDWARDS PRINCIPLE; Chapter Two. THE METAPHYSICS OF POSSIBILITY ACTUALIZATION; Chapter Three. OPTIMALISM AND THE AXIOLOGICAL TURN; Chapter Four. THE PIVOTAL ROLE OF INTELLIGENCE; Chapter Five. DEFENDING OPTIMALISM; Chapter Six. ON THE IMPROVABILITY OF THE WORLD; Chapter Seven. OPTIMALISM AND THEISM; Chapter Eight. ULTIMATE EXPLANATION; NAME INDEX.  aNo short book on the explanation of existence can afford the hubris of claiming to accomplish this task. And certainly no such claim can be or is being made here. What is at issue is not-and cannot be-an actual explanation. Rather, what is attempted here is at the very most a rough sketch of the conceptual architecture that an adequate explanation can be expected to exhibit. No more is achieved than a rough and general indication of the direction in which a satisfactory explanation can unfold. A vast amount of detail will have to be filled in to provide a tenable explanation. Only the rough sh.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aOntology. 0aReality. 7aPHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics2bisacsh 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aRescher, Nicholas.tOn Explaining Existence.dBerlin : De Gruyter, ©2013z9783110320138403Ebook Libraryuhttp://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=121554140uhttp://lib.myilibrary.com?id=503647403EBSCOhostuhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=603472  aEBL - Ebook LibrarybEBLBnEBL1215541  aIngram Digital eBook CollectionbIDEBncis25806398  aEBSCOhostbEBSCn603472  acpp1723AUTO  a02bN$T  c53473d53473