The Puzzle of Existence: Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? (Routledge Studies in Metaphysics) - Softcover

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9781138823440: The Puzzle of Existence: Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? (Routledge Studies in Metaphysics)
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ISBN 10: 1138823449 ISBN 13: 9781138823440
Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Tyron Goldschmidt is Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, USA.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138823449
ISBN 13 
9781138823440
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
304
Editor
Goldschmidt Tyron

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