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The puzzle of existence : why is there something rather than nothing?

By Goldschmidt , Tyron

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
ISBN
0415624657, 978-0-415-62465-7, 9781138823440, 1138823449, 978-0-203-10432-3
DOI
10.1007/s10670-011-9354-3
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1257787 bytes)
Series
Routledge studies in metaphysics 6
Edition
1
Pages
295\0
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Ontology. Existenz. Metaphysik. Nichts. Nihilismus

Description

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 philosophy of religion, and will intrigue and challenge readers interested in any of these subjects.

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