The way toward wisdom : an interdisciplinary and intercultural introduction to metaphysics / Benedict M. Ashley.

By: Ashley, Benedict MMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Thomistic studiesPublication details: Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2006. Description: xxi, 617 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0268020280 (hardcover : alk. paper)Subject(s): MetaphysicsDDC classification: 110 LOC classification: BD131 | .A84 2006Online resources: Table of contents Online Access
Contents:
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 and/or nature -- The one creating first cause -- The way toward wisdom.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 530-576) and index.

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 and/or nature -- The one creating first cause -- The way toward wisdom.

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