A Theory of the Absolute [electronic resource] /
Göcke, Benedikt Paul.author.
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.
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Cover; Half-Title ; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: A Theory of the Absolute; 1.1 Physicalism and atheism; 1.2 A problem of method; 1.3 The world and the soul; 1.4 Concepts of God in theology and philosophy; 1.5 The indistinct God; 2 Possible Worlds and Individual Essences; 2.1 Possible worlds: concrete entities?; 2.2 Possible worlds: co-exemplifications of individual essences; 2.3 Objections; 3 Existence and Individual Essences; 3.1 A problem of existence; 3.2 Concepts of existence
3.3 Proper names and individual essences3.4 Objections; 4 Time and Individual Essences; 4.1 The temporal dimension of individual essences; 4.2 Presentism and individual essences; 4.3 The actuality of the actual world; 4.4 Objections; 5 Conceivability and Individual Essences; 5.1 Possibility and conceivability; 5.2 A confusion of naming and necessity; 5.3 Rationalism and the intelligibility of the world; 5.4 Objections; 6 A Clarification of Physicalism; 6.1 Physicalism and individual essences; 6.2 Physicalism and physical properties; 6.3 Physicalism and physics
6.4 Physicalism and subjects of experience6.5 Objections; 7 A Refutation of Physicalism; 7.1 The argument from causal closure; 7.2 A minimal account of subjects of experience; 7.3 Arguments against physicalism; 7.4 Objections; 8 Reflections on the Soul; 8.1 A peculiar feature of subjects of experience; 8.2 World-receptive particulars and possible worlds; 8.3 Further clarifications of 'subject of experience'; 8.4 Objections; 9 Concepts of God in Philosophy and Theology; 9.1 'God' in a philosophical context; 9.2 'God' in a theological context; 9.3 A schema to avoid confusion; 9.4 Objections
10 The Contingency of Empirical Reality10.1 The contingency of the actual world; 10.2 The ground of possibility; 10.3 The principle of sufficient reason; 10.4 A single ground of empirical reality; 10.5 The totality of empirical reality; 10.6 A refutation of atheism; 11 The Indistinct Absolute; 11.1 The ultimate ground of the totality of reality; 11.2 Ultimate freedom and the Absolute; 11.3 The indistinct Absolute; 11.4 Theology and the Absolute; 11.5 Objections; 12 Summary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Philosophy.
Metaphysics.
Philosophy of Religion.
Metaphysics.