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The ultimate why question : why is there anything at all rather than nothing whatsoever? / edited by John F. Wippel.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy
- Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; v. 54
- Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy; Series ; v.v. 54
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ontology.
- Nothing (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume gathers studies by prominent scholars and philosophers about the question how have major figures from the history of philosophy, and some contemporary philosophers, addressed "the ultimate why question": why is there anything at all rather than nothing whatsoever?.
- Contents:
- Goodness, unity, and creation in the platonic tradition / Lloyd P. Gerson
- The question of being, non-being and "creation ex nihilo" in Chinese philosophy / May Sim
- The ultimate why question : Avicenna on why God is absolutely necessary / Jon McGinnis
- Thomas Aquinas on the ultimate why question : why is there anything at all rather than nothing whatsoever? / John F. Wippel
- Causa sui and created truth in Descartes / Tad M. Schmaltz
- Being and being grounded / Daniel O. Dahlstrom
- Why is there anything at all rather than absolutely nothing? : F.W.J. Schelling's answer to the ultimate why question / Holger Zaborowski
- The ultimate why question : the Hegelian option / Edward C. Halper
- Some contemporary theories of divine creation / Robert Cummings Neville
- Pragmatic reflections on final causality / Brian Martine
- Optimalism and the rationality of the real : on the prospects of axiological explanation / Nicholas Rescher.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-1915-9
- OCLC:
- 813285745
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