Chapter 6. OPTIMALISM AND THE RATIONALITY OF THE REAL: ON THE PROSPECTS OF AXIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. PREFACE ix
4. Chapter 1. WHAT SORT OF IDEALISM IS VIABLE TODAY? 1
5. Chapter 2. REALITY IN THE LIGHT OF REALISM AND IDEALISM 17
6. Chapter 3. THE ARGUMENTS FROM ERROR AND IGNORANCE: AN EPISTEMIC APPROACH TO FACTUAL REALISM 35
7. Chapter 4. PRAGMATIC IDEALISM AND METAPHYSICAL REALISM 41
8. Chapter 5. POSSIBILITY CONCEPTUALISM AS AN APPROACH TO MODAL ONTOLOGY 57
9. Chapter 6. OPTIMALISM AND THE RATIONALITY OF THE REAL: ON THE PROSPECTS OF AXIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION 81
10. Chapter 7. THE REVOLT AGAINST ABSOLUTES IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY 97
11. Chapter 8. THE ABSOLUTE: A CONCISE HISTORY 109
12. Chapter 9. DIALECTIC: A BRIEF HISTORY 133
13. Chapter 10. McTAGGART’S LOGICAL DETERMINISM 157
14. Chapter 11. BLANSHARD AND THE COHERENCE THEORY OF TRUTH 169
15. Name Index 187
16. Backmatter 192