UID:
edocfu_9958354009802883
Format:
1 online resource(96p.) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, 2006. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9783110326482
Series Statement:
Collected Papers; Volume 12
Content:
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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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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PREFACE --
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Chapter 1. AN INTELLIGIBLE UNIVERSE --
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Chapter 2. HOLISTIC EXPLANATION AND THE IDEA OF A GRAND UNIFIED THEORY --
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Chapter 3. THE SELF-RELIANCE OF RATIONALITY --
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Chapter 4. INTELLIGENCE-GEARED OPTIMALISM AS A SUITABLE CANDIDATE FOR A GRAND UNIFIED THEORY --
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Chapter 5. ABANDONING EFFICIENT CAUSALITY FOR AXIOTROPISM --
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Chapter 6. SOME OBJECTIONS TO OPTIMALISM --
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Chapter 7 OPTIMALISM AND PSEUDO-SCIENCE (IS OPTIMALISM UNSCIENTIFIC?) --
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Chapter 8. OPTIMALISM AND THEOLOGY (IS OPTIMALISM CRYPTOTHEISTIC?) --
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Name Index --
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Backmatter.
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Also available in print edition.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110325454
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110326499
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110326482
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110326482
