The Metaphysics Of Perfect Beings

Author : Michael J. Almeida
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135894612
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Metaphysics of Perfect Beings written by Michael J. Almeida and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-02-27 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Metaphysics of Perfect Beings addresses the problems an Anselmian perfect being faces in contexts involving unlimited options. Recent advances in the theory of vagueness, the metaphysics of multiverses and hyperspace, the theory of dynamic or sequential choice, the logic of moral and rational dilemmas, and metaethical theory provide the resources to formulate the new challenges and the Anselmian responses with an unusual degree of precision. Almeida shows that the challenges arising in the unusual contexts involving unlimited options sometimes produce metaphysical surprise.

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135894620
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Metaphysics of Perfect Beings written by and published by Routledge. This book was released on with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Katherin A Rogers
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 147447215X
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perfect Being Theology written by Katherin A Rogers and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-07 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That being than which a greater cannot be conceived.' This was the way in which the living God of biblical tradition was described by the great Medieval philosophers such as Augustine, Anselm and Aquinas.Contemporary philosophers find much to question, criticise and reject in the traditional analysis of that description. Some hold that the attributes traditionally ascribed to God - simplicity, necessity, immutability, eternity, omniscience, omnipotence, creativity and goodness - are inherently incoherent individually, or mutually inconsistent. Others argue that the divinity described by philosophers cannot be the same as the providential God of revelation.In Perfect Being Theology Katherin A. Rogers defends the traditional approach, considering contemporary criticisms but concluding that the most adequate account of the nature of God should build upon the foundation laid by the Medieval philosophers.Written in a lively and accessible style and offering an important historical perspective, this book covers key areas of contention and many of the major ideas and thinkers from all sides of the debate are included.

Author : Edward Craig
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415187091
Total Pages : 896 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Genealogy to Iqbal written by Edward Craig and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1998 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume four of a ten volume set which provides full and detailed coverage of all aspects of philosophy, including information on how philosophy is practiced in different countries, who the most influential philosophers were, and what the basic concepts are.

Author : Jeff Speaks
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192561499
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greatest Possible Being written by Jeff Speaks and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can we know about God by reason alone? Philosophical theology is the attempt to obtain such knowledge. An ancient tradition, which is perhaps more influential now than ever, tries to derive the attributes of God from the principle that God is the greatest possible being. Jeff Speaks argues that that constructive project is a failure. He also argues that the related view that the concept of God is the concept of a greatest possible being is a mistake. In the last chapter, he sketches an alternative path forward.

Author : Peter van Inwagen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000915271
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Metaphysics written by Peter van Inwagen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-01-22 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an introduction to metaphysics. It presupposes no previous acquaintance with philosophy, and addresses the following questions: What is metaphysics? Is there a plurality of things, or is there only one thing? Is there an external world, a world of things that exist independently of human thought and sensation? What is time? Is there such a thing as objective truth? Why is there something rather than nothing? Does our existence have a meaning? Are we physical or non-physical beings? Do we have free will? Are there things that do not exist? Do universals exist? This Fifth Edition differs from the Fourth in that the long, previously difficult chapter on time has been extensively rewritten, making it much more accessible and engaging for the student reader. In addition, the author has enhanced clarity throughout the text with improvements to word choice, sentence structure, and paragraph lucidity. Finally, the Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading at the end of each chapter and the General Bibliography have all been brought up to date. Key Features: Presupposes no prior acquaintance with philosophy, making the book ideal for the undergraduate student or interested general reader Offers 13 chapters, organized into three parts and each with its own introduction: I. The Way the World Is II. Why the World Is III. The Inhabitants of the World Incorporates extensive revisions to Chapter 4 on temporality Includes updates to the Chapter Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading as well as to the General Bibliography

Author : Norman Kretzmann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019924653X
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Metaphysics of Theism written by Norman Kretzmann and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norman Kretzmann expounds and criticises Aquinas' theology of creation, which is natural (or philosophical) in that Aquinas developed it without depending on the data of Scripture.

Author : Scott MacDonald
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501728377
Total Pages : 345 pages
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Download or read book Being and Goodness written by Scott MacDonald and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intuition that there is a necessary connection between being and goodness has guided a philosophical tradition that includes Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Boethius, and Aquinas; but surprisingly, the details of this legacy remain relatively unknown. In exploring this tradition of philosophical reflection on the nature of goodness, the twelve essays in this book (all but two published here for the first time) present some of the best recent historical scholarship in medieval philosophy and make available to nonspecialists an array of sophisticated treatments of issues that remain central to metaphysics and philosophical theology. The contributors, leading philosophers and scholars of medieval philosophy, represent a variety of points of view and take diverse methodological approaches. They address the works of figures from Augustine and Boethius to Suarez, Descartes, and Leibniz, but focus particularly on thirteenth-century thinkers, especially Aquinas.

Author : Scott Charles MacDonald
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801497797
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Being and Goodness written by Scott Charles MacDonald and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In exploring this tradition of philosophical reflection on the nature of goodness, the twelve essays in this book (all but two published here for the first time) present some of the best recent historical scholarship in...

Author : Thomas Harper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 688 pages
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Download or read book The Metaphysics of the School: Book 1. The definition; Book 2. Being.; Book 3. Attributes of being written by Thomas Harper and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: