The way toward wisdom an interdisciplinary and intercultural introduction to metaphysics
The problem of the unification of knowledge -- The historical varieties of "metaphysics" in Western culture -- Natural science is epistemologically first -- The culminating foundational theorem of natural science -- The existence and essence of metascience -- Unity, plurality, and efficien...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Notre Dame, Ind.
University of Notre Dame Press
2009
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| Ausgabe: | Repr. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Thomistic studies
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | The problem of the unification of knowledge -- The historical varieties of "metaphysics" in Western culture -- Natural science is epistemologically first -- The culminating foundational theorem of natural science -- The existence and essence of metascience -- Unity, plurality, and efficient causality -- Unity and plurality in other sciences -- Truth and formal causality -- Truth in the special sciences -- Goodness and final causality -- Finality in the special sciences -- The absolute or nature -- The one creating first cause |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XXI, 617 S. Graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 9780268020286 978-0-268-02028-6 0268020280 0-268-02028-0 9780268020354 978-0-268-02035-4 0268020353 0-268-02035-3 |