02824nam 2200673 a 450 991096614020332120230828211652.03-11-032648-510.1515/9783110326482(CKB)3390000000032917(EBL)3042695(OCoLC)922945608(SSID)ssj0000992627(PQKBManifestationID)11563694(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000992627(PQKBWorkID)10950014(PQKB)10265096(DE-B1597)211521(OCoLC)852656973(OCoLC)954877787(DE-B1597)9783110326482(Au-PeEL)EBL3042695(CaPaEBR)ebr10728849(CaONFJC)MIL503649(Perlego)652885(MiAaPQ)EBC3042695(EXLCZ)99339000000003291720130709d2006 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrStudies in metaphysical optimalism /Nicholas RescherFrankfurt Ontos Verlag20061 online resource (96 p.)Nicholas Rescher collected papers ;v. 12Description based upon print version of record.3-938793-21-X 3-11-032545-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --BackmatterFor 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. MetaphysicsCosmologyTeleologyMetaphysics.Cosmology.Teleology.191Rescher Nicholas50144Rescher NicholasMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966140203321Studies in metaphysical optimalism4446839UNINA