On Explaining Existence.
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 con...
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| Ngôn ngữ: | Tiếng Anh |
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Berlin :
De Gruyter,
2013.
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Mục lục:
- 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.