Download The Ultimate Why Question: Why Is There Anything at All Rather Than Nothing Whatsoever?: Studies in Philosophy & the History of Philosophy AudioBook Free
This volume level gathers tests by visible scholars and philosophers about the question how have major results from the history of philosophy, and some contemporary philosophers, resolved "the ultimate why question": how come there some thing rather than nothing whatsoever? The authors take this question very seriously, striving to go beyond accounting for today's state of simple fact as distinguished from a prior or subsequent state, to the more serious question of discerning why anything whatsoever is present. The replies are varied: Lloyd P. Gerson considers Greek philosophy, and May Sim examines Chinese philosophy. Jon McGinnis explores a respected medieval Muslim philosopher, Avicenna, and volume level editor John F. Wippel explores a respected medieval Religious philosopher, Thomas Aquinas. These chapters are accompanied by four replies from the modern period: Tad M. Schmaltz on Descartes; Daniel Dahlstrom on Leibniz, especially as he is known by Heidegger; Edward C. Halper on Hegel; and, finally, Holger Zaborowski on F. W. J. Schelling. The ultimate section of the book has personal responses proposed by three modern thinkers who have addressed the problem in completely different ways - Robert Cummings Neville, Brian Martine, and Nicholas Rescher. Listeners will gain a larger understanding and appreciation of an issue that has taxed the ingenuity of several philosophers through the hundreds of years and is constantly on the intrigue many thinkers today. The reserve is published with the Catholic University of America Press.
