In Metaphysical Perspectives, Nicholas Rescher Offers A Grand Vision Of How To Conceptualize, And In Some Cases Answer, Some Of The Most Fundamental Issues In Metaphysics And Value Theory. Rescher Addresses What He Sees As The Three Prime Areas Of Metaphysical Concern: (1) The World As Such And The Architecture Of Nature At Large, (2) Ourselves As Nature's Denizens And Our Potential For Learning About It, And (3) The Transcendent Domain Of Possibility And Value. Rescher Engages Issues Across A Wide Range Of Metaphysical Themes, From Different Worldviews And Ultimate Questions To Contingency And Necessity, Intelligent Design And World-improvability, Personhood And Consciousness, Empathy And Other Minds, Moral Obligation, And Philosophical Methodology.