{"product_id":"theism-and-ultimate-explanation-9781405169691","title":"Theism and Ultimate Explanation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA 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 inhabit\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelops an original view concerning the epistemology and metaphysics of modality, or truths concerning what is possible or necessary\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eApplies this framework to a re-examination of the cosmological argument for theism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDefends a novel version of the Leibnizian cosmological argument\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This trim but highly technical volume is indisensable for scholars and graudate-level researchers in the field.  Summing Up:  Essential.  Graduate students and researchers\/faculty.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October 2012)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Despite these limitations, this book is worth reading. It will alert theologians to the philosophical strength of cosmological arguments and the superficial objections to them. It will also interest philosophers of religion and those working on modal logic.\" (The Journal of Religion, 2011)  \u003cp\u003e\"It will alert theologians to the philosophical strength of cosmological arguments and the superficial objections to them. It will also interest philosophers of religion and those working on modal logic.\" (Journal of Religion, 1 April 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"O’Connor does not disappoint those who are used to the high levels of clarity, rigor, and originality that readers of his work on free will and emergence have come to expect from him.” (\u003ci\u003eMind\u003c\/i\u003e, July 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A breathtaking sweep from metaphysics through theology. This is a superb book in the philosophy of religion, the like of whose quality and originality is rare.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexander Pruss, Baylor University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ix  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Explanatory Role of Necessity 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Modality and Explanation 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelative and Absolute Necessity 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScientifi cally Established Necessities 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Epistemological Worry about Modality: Causal Contact with Modal Facts 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModal Nihilism 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModal Reductionism and Defl ationism 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModal Anti-Realism and Quasi-Realism 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Modal Knowledge 32\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConceivability As Our Guide? 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModality a Matter of Principle? 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Theoretical Roles of Modal Claims: Towards a Modal Epistemology 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Spheres of Possibility 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Necessary Shape of Contingency 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Ultimate Explanation and Necessary Being: The Existence Stage of the Cosmological Argument 65\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNecessary Being 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Objections to the Traditional Answer 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNecessary Being As the Explanatory Ground of Contingency? 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. The Identifi cation Stage 86\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Necessary Being to God, I: Transcendent, Not Immanent 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Models of Transcendent Necessary Being: Logos and Chaos 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVarieties of Chaos 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude: The Fine-Tuning Argument 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Necessary Being to God, II: Logos, Not Random Chaos 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. The Scope of Contingency 111\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Many Universes Would Perfection Realize? 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerfection and Freedom 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome Applications of the Many-Universe-Creation Hypothesis 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNecessary Being and the Scope of Possibility 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNecessary Being and the Many Necessary Truths 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and \u003ci\u003eAnselm\u003c\/i\u003e? 130\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Unity of the Divine Nature and Its Consequences 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Theology in the Understanding of Revealed Theology 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoda 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 172\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407902351703,"sku":"9781405169691","price":65.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/theism-and-ultimate-explanation-9781405169691","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}