{"product_id":"9781444350883","title":"Theism and Ultimate Explanation The Necessary Shape of Contingency","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTheism and Ultimate Explanation\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Necessary Shape of Contingency\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTimothy O'Connor\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Metaphysics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAn expansive, yet succinct, analysis of the Philosophy of Religion – from metaphysics through theology. Organized into two sections, the text first examines truths concerning what is possible and what is necessary. These chapters lay the foundation for the book’s second part – the search for a metaphysical framework that permits the possibility of an ultimate explanation that is correct and complete.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA cutting-edge scholarly work which engages with the traditional metaphysician’s quest for a true ultimate explanation of the most general features of the world we inhabit\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelops an original view concerning the epistemology and metaphysics of modality, or truths concerning what is possible or necessary\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eApplies this framework to a re-examination of the cosmological argument for theism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDefends a novel version of the Leibnizian cosmological argument\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eTimothy O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University Bloomington. He has published widely in the areas of metaphysics, philosophy of mind and action, and philosophy of religion. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePersons and Causes\u003c\/i\u003e (2000) and the editor of \u003ci\u003eAgents, Causes, and Events: Essays on Indeterminism and Free Will\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Mind: Contemporary Readings\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eDownward Causation And The Neurobiology Of Free Will\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003eEmergence in Science and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) and \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Philosophy of Action\u003c\/i\u003e (2010).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27 February 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781444350883\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44384780877964,"sku":"9781444350883","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781444350883.jpg?v=1780171255","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781444350883","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}