TY - BOOK AU - Ashley,Benedict M. TI - The way toward wisdom: an interdisciplinary and intercultural introduction to metaphysics SN - 0268020280 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - BD131 .A84 2006 U1 - 110 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Notre Dame, Ind. PB - University of Notre Dame Press KW - Metaphysics N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0612/2006013083.html ER -