Being and some twentieth-century Thomists / John Knasas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knasas, John F. X.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ontology--History--20th century.

Ontology.

Thomists--History--20th century.

Thomists.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 340 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this powerfully argued book, Knasas engages a debate at the heart of the revival of Thomistic thought in the twentieth century. Richly detailed and illuminating, his book calls on the tradition established by Gilson, Maritain, and Owen, to build a case for Existential Thomism as a valid metaphysics. Being and Some Twentieth-Century Thomists is a comprehensive discussion of the major issues and controversies in neo-Thomism, including issues of mind, knowledge, the human subject, free will, nature, grace, and the act of being. Knasas also discusses the Transcendental Thomism of Mar chal, Rahner, Lonergan, and others as he builds a carefully articulated case for completing the Thomist revival.

Contents:

Intro

Being and Some Twentieth-Century Thomists

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1: Whither the Neo-Thomist Revival?

Chapter 2: Sensation as the Source of Science

Chapter 3: Sensation: The Invasion of the Real

Chapter 4: The Objectivity of the Notion of Being

Chapter 5: The Richness of the Ratio Entis

Chapter 6: Actus Essendi

Chapter 7: Esse Subsistens

Chapter 8: The Ratio Boni and Natural Law Ethics

Chapter 9: A Philosophical Estimate of the Twentieth-Century Thomist Revival

Conclusion

Bibliography

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-334) and index.

ISBN:

0-8232-5832-7

0-8232-4170-X

1-4175-3307-2

OCLC:

923763092