Theism and Ultimate Explanation

Theism and Ultimate Explanation by Timothy O'connor

An expansive, yet succinct, analysis of the Philosophy of Religion – from metaphysics through theology. Organized into two sections, the text first examines truths concerning what is possible and what is necessary. These chapters lay the foundation for the book’s second part – the search for a metaphysical framework that permits the possibility of an ultimate explanation that is correct and complete. A cutting-edge scholarly work which engages with the traditional metaphysician’s quest for a true ultimate explanation of the most general features of the world we inhabit Develops an original view concerning the epistemology and metaphysics of modality, or truths concerning what is possible or necessary Applies this framework to a re-examination of the cosmological argument for theism Defends a novel version of the Leibnizian cosmological argument

“This trim but highly technical volume is indisensable for scholars and graudate-level researchers in the fieldSumming Up:  Essential.  Graduate students and researchers/faculty.”  (Choice, 1 October 2012)

Timothy O'Connor is Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University Bloomington. He has published widely in the areas of metaphysics, philosophy of mind and action, and philosophy of religion. He is the author of Persons and Causes (2000) and the editor of Agents, Causes, and Events: Essays on Indeterminism and Free Will (1995), Philosophy of Mind: Contemporary Readings (2003), Downward Causation And The Neurobiology Of Free Will (2009), Emergence in Science and Philosophy (2010) and A Companion to the Philosophy of Action (2010).

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ISBN 13	9781444350883
ISBN 10	1444350889
Title	Theism and Ultimate Explanation
Author	Timothy O'connor
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	2012-01-20
Number of pages	192
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