Axiogenesis
An Essay in Metaphysical Optimalism
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ISBN-13:
9780739149324
Veröffentl:
2010
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
01.08.2010
Seiten:
236
Autor:
Nicholas Rescher
Gewicht:
542 g
Format:
235x157x19 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Axiogenesis is an innovative philosophical work that dares to answer the question of the ultimate reason is behind the world's existence and nature. Despite drawing on various strands of neo-Platonic thought, Nicholas Rescher crafts an argument for a metaphysical theory grounded in evaluative considerations that is undeniably unique. With a keen intellectualism, it defends the idea that this actual world of ours represents a possibility that is-realistically speaking-beyond the prospect of improvement.
Axiogenesis is an innovative philosophical work that dares to answer the question of the ultimate reason is behind the world's existence and nature. Despite drawing on various strands of neo-Platonic thought, Nicholas Rescher crafts an argument for a metaphysical theory grounded in evaluative considerations that is undeniably unique. With a keen in
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Ultimate Questions Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Ultimate Answers Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Optimalism and its Turn to Axiology Chapter 5 Chapter 4. Intelligence and Rationality as Pivots for Optimality: the Idea of Noophelia Chapter 6 Chapter 5. Abandoning Efficient Causality for Axiotropism Chapter 7 Chapter 6. Meeting Objections to Optimalism Chapter 8 Chapter 7. On the Improvability of the World Chapter 9 Chapter 8. Axiogenesis and Intelligent Design Chapter 10 Chapter 9. Intelligence in an Evolutionary Perspective Chapter 11 Chapter 10. Is Noophelic Axiogenesis Unscientific? Chapter 12 Chapter 11. Leibnizian Physics as a Case Study Chapter 13 Chapter 12. Godel: Noophelia in the Twentieth Century Chapter 14 Chapter 13. Axiogenesis and Theology