Theism and Ultimate Explanation - by Timothy O'Connor (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>An 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.<br /> <ul> <li>A 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</li> <li>Develops an original view concerning the epistemology and metaphysics of modality, or truths concerning what is possible or necessary</li> <li>Applies this framework to a re-examination of the cosmological argument for theism</li> <li>Defends a novel version of the Leibnizian cosmological argument</li> </ul><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><i>Theism and Ultimate Explanation</i> engages with the traditional metaphysician's quest for a true ultimate explanation of the most general features of the world we inhabit. <p>The first part of the book develops an original view concerning the epistemology and metaphysics of modality, or truths concerning what is possible or necessary. This framework is then applied to a re-examination of the cosmological argument for theism. O'Connor defends a novel version of the Leibnizian cosmological argument from contingency for the existence of a transcendent necessary being as the source and basis for the ultimate explanation of contingent beings and their interconnected histories.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"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." (<i>Choice</i>, 1 October 2012)<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Timothy O'Connor</b> is Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University Bloomington. He has published widely in the areas of metaphysics, philosophy of mind and action, and philosophy of religion. He is the author of <i>Persons and Causes</i> (2000) and the editor of <i>Agents, Causes, and Events: Essays on Indeterminism and Free Will</i> (1995), <i>Philosophy of Mind: Contemporary Readings</i> (2003), <i>Downward Causation And The Neurobiology Of Free Will</i> (2009), <i>Emergence in Science and Philosophy</i> (2010) and <i>A Companion to the Philosophy of Action</i> (2010).
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