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Autore |
Rescher Nicholas |
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Titolo |
Studies in metaphysical optimalism / / Nicholas Rescher |
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Frankfurt, : Ontos Verlag, 2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (96 p.) |
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Collana |
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Nicholas Rescher collected papers ; ; v. 12 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Metaphysics |
Cosmology |
Teleology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- 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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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