TY - BOOK AU - Wippel,John F. TI - The ultimate why question: bwhy is there anything at all rather than nothing whatsoever? T2 - Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy SN - 9780813219158 AV - BD331 .U485 2011 CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Catholic University of America Press. KW - Ontology KW - Nothing (Philosophy) KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=500950&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -