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Book SynopsisQuest for Confirmation, the second volume of the series Come Along: We Are Truth-Bound, is a cross-examination of the concepts derived in Volume One, A Dialogue and Dialectic: Bridging the Great Epistemic Divides. The cross-examination is conducted by means of a dialogue with a representative thinker from each of the related bodies of knowledge. The study reveals reality to be an intricate, harmoniously-integrated whole and terminates in An Epistemological Atlas that depicts the major processes of human knowledge in their application to different disciplines. The process itself exposes the latter to be the stepping stones of our mind''s ascent to the ultimate truth. In light of this understanding, the unresolved controversies in philosophy gain a new degree of clarity and reveal their relevance to human life. This volume, a work in epistemology that encompasses human knowledge in general, lends itself to different courses but is of special significance to philosophy, theology, and phys
Trade ReviewAn intellectual and spiritual journey. In this dialogical excursion, Respondowska undertakes a momentous integration of many levels of thought. She finds seeds of transcendence in the whole cosmos - the subatomic and atomic, the world of nature, the many human disciplines, and the cosmic spheres. For her, the smallest elements of matter as well as the most vast and majestic disclose sublime mysteries. For a reader ready to enter Respondowska's challenging pathways of thought, there will be abundant insights and rewards along the way. -- Michael Pomedli, Ph.D., emeritus professor of philosophy, St. Thomas Moore College, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
An extraordinary, well-researched, intricately-assembled jig-saw puzzle of knowledge from pieces not always considered to be compatible….a system of thought emerges that integrates physics with both metaphysics and theology, all held together by Christ Jesus as the ultimate bond of all-that-is. The result - the highest aspiration of science, the Theory of Everything (TOE)! -- Ellen Lispett, O.S.F., M.S., biology, educator
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 Through the Truths at Truth: "Quest for Confirmation" Chapter 6 I. Cross-Examinations of our Findings Part 7 A. A Dialogue with a Behavioral Scientists Part 8 B. A Dialogue with a Physical Anthropologist Part 9 C. A Dialogue with a Cultural Anthropologist Part 10 D. A Dialogue with a Philosophical Anthropologist Part 11 E. A Dialogue with a Psychologist Part 12 F. A Dialogue with a Psychiatrist Part 13 G. A Dialogue with the Incarnate Logos Part 14 H. A Dialogue with a Physicist Chapter 15 II. Summary and Conclusions Part 16 A. Regarding Reality: the Absolute Whole Part 17 B. Regarding Knowledge: an Epistemological Atlas Part 18 C. Regarding Controversial Issues Chapter 19 Appendix Chapter 20 Cited Sources Chapter 21 Index
