Theory of the Absolute

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. 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

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• Authors: Benedikt Paul G¿cke, B. Gocke, Benedikt Paul Gocke, B. Göcke, Benedikt Paul Göcke
• Assisted by: Nagasawa (Editor), Y Nagasawa (Editor), Y. Nagasawa (Editor), Yujin Nagasawa (Editor), Wielenberg (Editor), Wielenberg (Editor), E. Wielenberg (Editor), Erik Wielenberg (Editor), Erik J. Wielenberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2014
• EAN: 9781137412812
• ISBN: 978-1-137-41281-2
• No. of pages: 257
• Series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion; Palgrave Frontiers in Philosop; Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion; Palgrave Frontiers in Philosop
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; B, TIME, Philosophy, Knowledge, Theology, God, Reason, Concept, auseinandersetzen, physicalism, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophie: Metaphysik und Ontologie, individual, Philosophy of religion, bibliography, Metaphysics, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Religion—Philosophy, Atheism, Possible worlds, Individual Essences, Conceivability and Possibility