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Axiogenesis: An Essay in Metaphysical Optimalism Hardcover - 2010

by Nicholas Rescher


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Nicholas Rescher's book Axiogenesis: An Essay in Metaphysical Optimalism is a detailed exposition of axiogenerts: the philosophical theory seeking to explain the world's facts on the basis of evaluative considerations. In classical antiquity, this theory was espoused by Plato (in the Timaeus) and neo-Platonic tradition; in early modern times, it was revived by Leibniz and continued to find favor in the development of rational mechanics from Maupertuis to William Hamilton. However, since then the principles behind axiogenesis and similar theories have fallen out of fashion. This book is therefore unique in that it argues in detail that this metaphysical approach still has traction and endeavors to formulate the theory in a manner that makes it available as a live option for contemporary thinkers. Advanced students of philosophy and professionals in this field, as well as anyone interested in the issue of speculative metaphysics, will find Rescher's contemporary refashioning of axiogenesis a distinctly compelling read.

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  • Title Axiogenesis: An Essay in Metaphysical Optimalism
  • Author Nicholas Rescher
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 236
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Lexington Books
  • Date 2010-08-20
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780739149324 / 0739149326
  • Weight 1.11 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.24 x 6.34 x 0.82 in (23.47 x 16.10 x 2.08 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
  • Library of Congress subjects Cosmology, Metaphysics
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010015450
  • Dewey Decimal Code 110

About the author

Nicholas Rescher is distinguished university professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. In a research career extending over six decades, he has published over three hundred articles and written over a hundred philosophy texts, including A System of Pragmatic Idealism, The Limits of Science, Conditionals, Philosophical Reasoning: A Study in the Methodology of Philosphizing, Enlightening Journey: The Autobiography of an American Scholar, and Unknowability: An Inquiry Into the Limits of Knowledge.
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