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The place of humans in nature’s scheme of things and the conditions and circumstances of our existence have been at the forefront of philosophical deliberation since the very dawn of the subject. Over the past three decades Rescher from time to time ventured into discussions of some of the key themes that crop up in this domain. A representative sampling of such papers are assembled in the present volume. He trust that this collection will give some indication of the tenor of thought that characterizes Rescher’s approach to these philosophically crucial concerns.
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: HOMO OPTANS: ON THE HUMAN CONDITION AND THE BURDEN OF CHOICE
Chapter 2: CAUSAL NECESSITATION AND FREE WILL
Chapter 3: PREDICTIVE INCAPACITY AND RATIONAL DECISION
Chapter 4: EXTRATERRESTRIAL SCIENCE
Chapter 5: TRAPPED WITHIN HISTORY? -A PROCESS- PHILOSOPHICAL REFUTATION OF HISTORICIST RELATIVISM
Chapter 6: RATIONALITY AND MORAL OBLIGATION
Chapter 7: LUCK AND THE ENIGMAS OF FATE
Chapter 8: THE SIGNIFICATIONS OF SILENCE
Chapter 9: AMPHIBIOUS MAN
Chapter 10: WHAT IF THINGS WERE DIFFERENT? COUNTERFACTUAL CONDITIONALS AND ALTERNATIVE REALITIES
Chapter 11: SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF FICTION
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