William Sharp and “Fiona Macleod” : A Life

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910548270303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Open Book Publishers
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Theism and ultimate explanation : the necessary shape of contingency / / Timothy O'Connor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911020037803321
• Autore: O'Connor Timothy
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012
• ISBN: 9786613626622; 9781444345490; 1444345494; 9781280596797; 1280596791; 9781444345469; 144434546X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 211.3; 211/.3
• Soggetti: Theism; Modality (Logic); Contingency (Philosophy)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Blackwell Publishing Ltd (hardback, 2008).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. The explanatory role of necessity -- pt. 2. The necessary shape of contingency.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 inhabitDevelops a