Authentic Metaphysics in an Age of Unreality
«The role of the existential dimension in metaphysics still calls for penetrating study. In its new extension towards 'an epistemology which is not a re-presentationalism', Fr. Sweeney's project augurs a coming to grips with the central issue at stake, especially in its fifth and tenth chapters.»(J. Owens, C.Ss.R., Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto)«The first edition of this book first got me interested in and led me to fall in love with philosophy, and I have appreciated that very much through the years. It is a textbook written by an excellent scholar and an excellent teacher - a combination that makes the book both profound and approachable.» (Roland J. Teske, S.J., Marquette University)«A textbook of rare scholarly merit... It is a systematic philosophical exposition of Thomistic or Gilsonian extentialism...The key doctrines of the primacy of existence over essence...the four causes, the categories, analogy, the transcendentals, etc...are all here expounded with force and clarity and defended cogently.» (Henry Veatch, Georgetwon University)