A Theory of the Absolute

by Benedikt Paul Gïcke

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349489732
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/29/2014
Series:	Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion
Edition description:	1st ed. 2014
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Benedikt Paul Göcke is Assistant Professor at the Catholic Faculty of Theology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, and Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University, UK.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: A Theory of the Absolute 2. Possible Worlds and Individual Essences 3. Existence and Individual Essences 4. Time and Individual Essences 5. Conceivability and Individual Essences 6. A Clarification of Physicalism 7. A Refutation of Physicalism 8. Reflections on the Soul 9. Concepts of God in Philosophy and Theology 10. The Contingency of Empirical Reality 11. The Indistinct Absolute 12. Summary 13. Bibliography Index