Metaphysics and Mystery: The Why Question East and West

Metaphysics and Mystery: The Why Question East and West is a critical analysis, comparison and evaluation of philosophical answers, Western and Asian, to the question: "Why is there something rather than nothing?" The question, first posed by the 17th C. philosopher, Leibniz, was reintroduced in the 20th C. by Heidegger. Volume One begins with an introduction that lays out the issues raised by the Why question. It then analyzes contemporary Western philosophers who provide either cosmological-metaphysical or existential-ontological answers to the question. It also considers transitional answers that bridge the two. Volume Two examines Asian philosophers, classical and contemporary, who, though rejecting the assumptions behind the question, put forward nondualist answers that have a direct bearing on it. It concludes with an argument for a revised understanding of the Why question that draws on the strengths and weaknesses of these Western and Asian philosophies and explores implications for ethics and religious thought

Author: Thomas Dean
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 07/15/2019
Pages: 894
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.58lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.77d
ISBN13: 9781532076190
ISBN10: 1532076193
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Religious
- Philosophy | Metaphysics
- Philosophy | Eastern

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