LEADER 03205nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910967805803321 005 20240313234413.0 010 $a3-86838-177-5 010 $a3-11-032044-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110320442 035 $a(CKB)2550000001097113 035 $a(OCoLC)857080770 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10728995 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001013022 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11567588 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001013022 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11072104 035 $a(PQKB)11371965 035 $a(DE-B1597)210622 035 $a(OCoLC)851972086 035 $a(OCoLC)853248963 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110320442 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1215541 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10728995 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL503647 035 $a(Perlego)651291 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1215541 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001097113 100 $a20130809d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn explaining existence /$fNicholas Rescher 210 $aFrankfurt $cOntos Verlag$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (144 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a3-11-032013-4 311 08$a1-299-72396-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tTable of Contents -- $tPreface -- $tChapter One. EXISTENCE EXPLANATION AND THE HUME-EDWARDS PRINCIPLE -- $tChapter Two. THE METAPHYSICS OF POSSIBILITY ACTUALIZATION -- $tChapter Three. OPTIMALISM AND THE AXIOLOGICAL TURN -- $tChapter Four. THE PIVOTAL ROLE OF INTELLIGENCE -- $tChapter Five. DEFENDING OPTIMALISM -- $tChapter Six. ON THE IMPROVABILITY OF THE WORLD -- $tChapter Seven. OPTIMALISM AND THEISM -- $tChapter Eight. ULTIMATE EXPLANATION -- $tNAME INDEX 330 $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 shape that the explanation will have to take is something that one can map out in the basis of considerations of general principles, giving reasons why alternative directions are less promising and how objection to the indicated direction can be removed or mitigated. But the move from a general direction to a specific and detailed pathway calls for more than is-or can be-attempted here. 606 $aOntology 606 $aPhilosophy 615 0$aOntology. 615 0$aPhilosophy. 676 $a111.1 700 $aRescher$b Nicholas$050144 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910967805803321 996 $aOn explaining existence$94446061 997 $aUNINA