A Theory of the Absolute

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-48973-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3212 g

Reihe: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion

A Theory of the Absolute develops a worldview that is opposed to the dominant paradigm of physicalism and atheism. It provides powerful arguments for the existence of the soul and the existence of the Absolute. It shows that faith is not in contradiction to reason.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Göcke, Benedikt Paul

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: A Theory of the Absolute 2. Possible Worlds and Individual Essences 3. Existence and Individual Essences 4. Time and Individual Essences 5. Conceivability and Individual Essences 6. A Clarification of Physicalism 7. A Refutation of Physicalism 8. Reflections on the Soul 9. Concepts of God in Philosophy and Theology 10. The Contingency of Empirical Reality 11. The Indistinct Absolute 12. Summary 13. Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Benedikt Paul Göcke is Assistant Professor at the Catholic Faculty of Theology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, and Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University, UK.