ABSTRACT
In Chapter 3, I uphold an inference to the existence of at least one transcendent self, whose activity explains both our own existence and the existence of the natural world. The inference works only if the selves to which transcendent selves are analogous are, as Chapter 1 maintains, disseveralities. The inference employs two explanatory principles. The first is a restricted principle of sufficient reason; the second is that an explanation of the non-emptiness of a class of things must postulate the existence of a non-member of the class. New arguments are offered for the truth of both these principles.
