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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.
Table of 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 the Best-Available Candidate for a Grand Unified Theory
Chapter 5: Abandoning Efficient Causality
Chapter 6: On Some Objections to Optimalism
Chapter 7: Optimalism and Science: (Is Optimalism Pseudo-Scientific?)
Chapter 8: Optimalism and Theology (Is Optimalism Crypto-Theistic?)
Name Index
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