Metaphysical perspectives
On the mission of philosophy -- Ultimate questions -- World views -- Terminological contextuality -- On contingency and necessity -- Randomness and reason -- Issues of self-reference and paradox -- Explanation and the principle of sufficient reason -- Intelligent design revisited in the light of evo...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Livro |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Serviço de pedido Subito: | Pedir agora. |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Notre Dame, Indiana
University of Notre Dame Press
[2017]
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| Em: | Ano: 2017 |
| Análises: | Metaphysical Perspectives, Nicholas Rescher, University of Notre Dame Press, 2017 (ISBN 978-0-268-10289-0), x + 260 pp, hb 45 (2019) (Thompson, Ben)
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| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Metafísica
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| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Metaphysics
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| Resumo: | On the mission of philosophy -- Ultimate questions -- World views -- Terminological contextuality -- On contingency and necessity -- Randomness and reason -- Issues of self-reference and paradox -- Explanation and the principle of sufficient reason -- Intelligent design revisited in the light of evolutionary neo-Platonism -- What if things were different? -- On the improvability of the world -- Consciousness -- Control -- Free will in the light of process theory -- Personhood -- The metaphysics of moral obligation -- Empathy, shared experience, and other minds -- Philosophy as an inexact science -- Philosophy's involvement with transcendental issues -- Religious variation and the rationale of belief |
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| Descrição do item: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 249-255 |
| Descrição Física: | x, 258 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 0-268-10289-9 978-0-268-10289-0 |
