Thomistic Existentialism And Cosmological Reasoning
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Thomistic Existentialism And Cosmological Reasoning
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Author : John F. X. Knasas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Thomistic Existentialism And Cosmological Reasoning written by John F. X. Knasas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Philosophy categories.
Existentialism And Thomism
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Author : Joseph C. Mihalich
language : en
Publisher: New York : Philosophical Library
Release Date : 1960
Existentialism And Thomism written by Joseph C. Mihalich and has been published by New York : Philosophical Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with Existentialism categories.
These original essays, intended for laymen rather than professional philosophers, deal with aspects of contemporary Existentialism from the viewpoint of traditional (Aristotelian-Thomistic) philosophy. They examine the philosophies of Sartre, Marcel, Heidegger, and Husserl, and discuss the challenge that modern Existentialism poses for traditional philosophy.
Trinity And Incarnation
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Author : Steven Nemes
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2023-08-28
Trinity And Incarnation written by Steven Nemes and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-28 with Religion categories.
This book argues that the doctrine of God taken for granted in the catholic tradition (divine transcendence, creatio ex nihilo, divine simplicity) makes it impossible to give an intelligible and coherent interpretation of the verbal formulas of the catholic dogmas of Trinity and incarnation. By way of response to this apparent incoherence at the heart of the catholic theological tradition, it proposes an alternative post-catholic take on these central doctrines in the light of a qualified monistic conception of God and a "Spirit Christological" interpretation of Jesus's relation to God the Father as presented in the New Testament.
Nature And Nature S God A Philosophical And Scientific Defense Of Aquinas Unmoved Mover Argument
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Author : Daniel Shields
language : en
Publisher: CUA Press
Release Date : 2023-05-26
Nature And Nature S God A Philosophical And Scientific Defense Of Aquinas Unmoved Mover Argument written by Daniel Shields and has been published by CUA Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-26 with Philosophy categories.
Aquinas's first proof for God's existence is usually interpreted as a metaphysical argument immune to any objections coming from empirical science. Connections to Aquinas's own historical understanding of physics and cosmology are ignored or downplayed. Nature and Nature's God proposes a natural philosophical interpretation of Aquinas's argument more sensitive to the broader context of Aquinas's work and yielding a more historically accurate account of the argument. Paradoxically, the book also shows that, on such an interpretation, Aquinas's argument is not only consistent with modern science, but actually confirmed by the history of science, from classical mechanics through 19th century thermodynamics to contemporary cosmology. The first part of the book considers Aquinas's argument in its historical context, exploring the key principles that everything in motion is moved by something else and that an infinite regress of causes is impossible. The structure of the First Way is analyzed and the argument is connected both with Aquinas's Third Way?a new interpretation of which is also proposed?and Aquinas's second proof from motion in the Summa contra Gentiles. To complete the account of what natural philosophy?prior to metaphysics?can demonstrate about God, a chapter on Aquinas's teleological argument (the Fifth Way) is also included. The second part of the book tracks the history of modern science from Copernicus to today, showing how Aquinas's argument fared at each major turn. The first chapter shows how Newton's understanding of inertia and conservation of momentum supports the idea that motion cannot continue forever without God's causality, and integrates a modern understanding of inertia and gravity with the principles of Thomistic natural philosophy. The second chapter considers the first and second laws of thermodynamics, showing how they too support Aquinas's contention that motion cannot continue forever without God's causality. This chapter also discusses statistical mechanics and contemporary cosmology, demonstrating that science continues to support Aquinas's unmoved mover argument. The final chapter turns to modern biology as well as cosmological fine-tuning to show that modern science also continues to support Aquinas's teleological argument. The result is not only a satisfying defense of Aquinas's natural philosophical proofs for God's existence, but a primer on the broader project of integrating Thomistic natural philosophy with modern science.
What It Is To Exist
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Author : Patrick Zoll
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2022-10-24
What It Is To Exist written by Patrick Zoll and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-24 with Philosophy categories.
In der 1970 gegründeten Reihe erscheinen Arbeiten, die philosophiehistorische Studien mit einem systematischen Ansatz oder systematische Studien mit philosophiehistorischen Rekonstruktionen verbinden. Neben deutschsprachigen werden auch englischsprachige Monographien veröffentlicht. Gründungsherausgeber sind: Erhard Scheibe (Herausgeber bis 1991), Günther Patzig (bis 1999) und Wolfgang Wieland (bis 2003). Von 1990 bis 2007 wurde die Reihe von Jürgen Mittelstraß, von 2005 bis 2020 von Jens Halfwassen mitherausgegeben.
The Discovery Of Being And Thomas Aquinas
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Author : Christopher M. Cullen, SJ
language : en
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Release Date : 2019
The Discovery Of Being And Thomas Aquinas written by Christopher M. Cullen, SJ and has been published by Catholic University of America Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Philosophy categories.
"Contributions to this volume examine three main areas relating to the metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas: the foundation of metaphysics within Thomism; the use of metaphysics in fundamental philosophical issues within Thomism; and the use of metaphysics in central theological issues"--
Being And Some Twentieth Century Thomists
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Author : John F. X. Knasas
language : en
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Release Date : 2003
Being And Some Twentieth Century Thomists written by John F. X. Knasas and has been published by Fordham Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Philosophy categories.
In this powerfully argued book, Knasas engages a debate at the heart of the revival of Thomistic thought in the twentieth century. Richly detailed and illuminating, his book calls on the tradition established by Gilson, Maritain, and Owen, to build a case for Existential Thomism as a valid metaphysics. Being and Some Twentieth-Century Thomists is a comprehensive discussion of the major issues and controversies in neo-Thomism, including issues of mind, knowledge, the human subject, free will, nature, grace, and the act of being. Knasas also discusses the Transcendental Thomism of Mar chal, Rahner, Lonergan, and others as he builds a carefully articulated case for completing the Thomist revival.
Existence And The Existent
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Author : Jacques Maritain
language : en
Publisher: Paulist Press
Release Date : 2015
Existence And The Existent written by Jacques Maritain and has been published by Paulist Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Existentialism categories.
In a substantial philosophical work, Jacques Maritain designated Christianity as the sole full humanism. Defender of Catholic orthodoxy, he contributed to the renaissance of Thomism, which had a great influence on the philosophical renewal that took place between the two wars.
Collected Articles On The Existence Of God
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Author : Gaven Kerr
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2022-10-15
Collected Articles On The Existence Of God written by Gaven Kerr and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-15 with Philosophy categories.
The twentieth century witnessed an explosion of scholarly interest in the philosophical thought of St Thomas Aquinas. One of the fruits of that Thomistic revival was an uncovering of St Thomas’s original contributions to many areas of philosophy, not least metaphysics. In the twenty first century, there has been renewed interest in Aquinas’s argumentation for the existence of God. This interest flows from an engagement with the work of the twentieth century scholars in presenting Aquinas’s own characteristic metaphysics. What we have seen is an interpretation and presentation of Aquinas’s proofs for God’s existence in terms of Thomas’s unique insights into the nature of being and the metaphysical structure of reality. Gaven Kerr has been one such author who has contributed in numerous ways to the revival of interest in Aquinas’s argumentation for the existence of God and its metaphysical buttressing. Over the last ten years Kerr has published articles on Aquinas’s various proofs for God’s existence and the metaphysics standing behind those proofs; this volume draws together those articles. Herein are included Kerr’s articles on per se ordered series, existential inertia, the proof in De Ente et Essentia, the argument from motion in the Summa Contra Gentiles, and the five ways themselves. Kerr has also written two new articles for this volume: one on the possibility of demonstrating God’s existence, and the other on how to move from God’s existence to God’s nature. This volume offers an overview of Kerr’s thinking over the last decade on Aquinas’s thought on the existence of God.
Creation And Metaphysics
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Author : Herve J. Thibault
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-08-23
Creation And Metaphysics written by Herve J. Thibault and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-23 with Philosophy categories.
During the last twenty-five years or so, studies in Thomistic existentialism have repeatedly indicated that the notion of creation played a decisive role in St. Thomas Aquinas' view of existence as an existential act or actus es sendi. The importance for metaphysics of this view of existence as act war rants an investigation of the relation between creation and actus essendi; for St. Thomas is the only one, in the history of philosophy, to have con sidered existence as an act-of-being. This study will be limited to the early works of St. Thomas. By the time of the Summa Contra Gentiles, he had reached the key positions of his metaphysics. And the first fifty-three chap ters of the Summa Contra Gentiles were written in Paris before June, 1259; 1 the rest was completed in Italy before 1265. The project was therefore con ceived by St. Thomas during the first period of his career. How the notion of creation enabled him to transform the Aristotelian metaphysics of essence into a metaphysics of esse can be seen from three sections of the Summa Contra Gentiles. Although primarily a theological treatise, the Contra Gentiles never theless accomplishes a radical metaphysical transformation of Aristotelian ism by shifting the whole perspective from esse in actu per formam to actus essendi. Seen from the perspective of existential act as the absolute perfec tion, metaphysics is raised to a strictly transcendental plane of consideration.