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The Puzzle of Existence : Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?.

This groundbreaking volume investigates the most fundamental question of all: Why is there something rather than nothing? The question is explored from diverse and radical perspectives: religious, naturalistic, platonistic and skeptical. Does science answer the question? Or does theology? Does every...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goldschmidt, Tyron
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Colección:Routledge studies in metaphysics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This groundbreaking volume investigates the most fundamental question of all: Why is there something rather than nothing? The question is explored from diverse and radical perspectives: religious, naturalistic, platonistic and skeptical. Does science answer the question? Or does theology? Does everything need an explanation? Or can there be brute, inexplicable facts? Could there have been nothing whatsoever? Or is there any being that could not have failed to exist? Is the question meaningful after all? The volume advances cutting-edge debates in metaphysics, philosophy of cosmology and phi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9781136249235
1136249230