The ultimate why question : bwhy is there anything at all rather than nothing whatsoever? /
The ultimate why question : bwhy is there anything at all rather than nothing whatsoever? /
edited by John F. Wippel.
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press.
- 1 online resource (vii, 261 pages)
- Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; v. 54 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Goodness, unity, and creation in the platonic tradition / The question of being, non-being and "creation ex nihilo" in Chinese philosophy / The ultimate why question : Avicenna on why God is absolutely necessary / Thomas Aquinas on the ultimate why question : why is there anything at all rather than nothing whatsoever? / Causa sui and created truth in Descartes / Being and being grounded / Why is there anything at all rather than absolutely nothing? : F.W.J. Schelling's answer to the ultimate why question / The ultimate why question : the Hegelian option / Some contemporary theories of divine creation / Pragmatic reflections on final causality / Optimalism and the rationality of the real : on the prospects of axiological explanation / Lloyd P. Gerson -- May Sim -- Jon McGinnis -- John F. Wippel -- Tad M. Schmaltz -- Daniel O. Dahlstrom -- Holger Zaborowski -- Edward C. Halper -- Robert Cummings Neville -- Brian Martine -- Nicholas Rescher.
9780813219158
Ontology.
Nothing (Philosophy)
Nothing (Philosophy)
Ontology.
Electronic Books.
BD331 / .U485 2011
Includes bibliographies and index.
Goodness, unity, and creation in the platonic tradition / The question of being, non-being and "creation ex nihilo" in Chinese philosophy / The ultimate why question : Avicenna on why God is absolutely necessary / Thomas Aquinas on the ultimate why question : why is there anything at all rather than nothing whatsoever? / Causa sui and created truth in Descartes / Being and being grounded / Why is there anything at all rather than absolutely nothing? : F.W.J. Schelling's answer to the ultimate why question / The ultimate why question : the Hegelian option / Some contemporary theories of divine creation / Pragmatic reflections on final causality / Optimalism and the rationality of the real : on the prospects of axiological explanation / Lloyd P. Gerson -- May Sim -- Jon McGinnis -- John F. Wippel -- Tad M. Schmaltz -- Daniel O. Dahlstrom -- Holger Zaborowski -- Edward C. Halper -- Robert Cummings Neville -- Brian Martine -- Nicholas Rescher.
9780813219158
Ontology.
Nothing (Philosophy)
Nothing (Philosophy)
Ontology.
Electronic Books.
BD331 / .U485 2011