Intended for those interested in Kant's contribution to philosophy, this volume provides an overview of Kant's arguments concerning central issues in metaphysics and ethics. Arthur Melnick argues that the key to all of Kant's arguments is his constructivist theory of space and time. Melnick shows that Kant's arguments for causation and for ......
M N Roy conceived of humanism as a scientific, integral, and radically new worldview. For humanists, philosophers, political scientists, and others, Roy's view of humanism has great appeal and broad application beyond its original Indian context. This work presents a collection of Roy's most significant works.
Ever since Kant, attempts to close down metaphysical inquiry in philosophy have proliferated. Yet the interest in metaphysics persists and is showing signs of resurgence among students concerned with raising the most basic questions about life and being as a whole. This book is an attempt to reopen the fundamental question of being and to pursue ......
Ever since Kant, attempts to close down metaphysical inquiry in philosophy have proliferated. Yet the interest in metaphysics persists and is showing signs of resurgence among students concerned with raising the most basic questions about life and being as a whole. This book is an attempt to reopen the fundamental question of being and to pursue ......
Time is reversible, and nothing rules out the existence of other universes besides our own. But whether or not reality has one universe or many, it had no beginning and was not created. This book shows how time symmetry at the quantum level makes it possible to draw a model of reality that is simpler and more symmetric than the conventional view.
The Human Person in the Philosophy of Karol Wojyla/John Paul II
This work offers an introduction to John Paul II's theory of the human person. The development of Karol Wojtyla's theology is developed - from his lesser-known writings such as ""The Lublin Lectures"" - to his more popular writings ""Love and Responsibility"" and ""The Acting Person"". The author finds that Wojtyla is a consistent thinker. Unlike ......
Murder, rape, and atrocity are serious social problems. This work uses case studies of apparently irredeemable and dangerous people from different walks of life to demonstrate that even those who have led destructive lives can escape evil and be restored to more hopeful, compassionate, and responsible lives.
Written by a highly respected scholar of Thomas Aquinas's writings, this volume offers a comprehensive presentation of Aquinas's metaphysical thought. It is based on a thorough examination of his texts organized according to the philosophical order as he himself describes it rather than according to the theological order. In the introduction and ......
"Students of the final troubled decades of the thirteenth-century (following the censures of the 1270s) will be delighted to have this richly researched presentation of the metaphysics of Godfrey of Fontaines."--Modern Schoolman "Plainly the indispensable key to understanding and evaluating Godfrey's thought."--International Studies in Philosophy ......
