|  | Leslie, John / Kuhn, Robert Lawrence (Hrsg.)
The Mystery of Existence
 1. Auflage April 2013
77,90 Euro
2013. 328 Seiten, Hardcover
ISBN 978-0-470-67354-6 - John Wiley & Sons
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This compelling study of the origins of all that exists, including explanations of the entire material world, traces the responses of philosophers and scientists to the most elemental and haunting question of all: why is anything here--or anything anywhere? Why is there something rather than nothing? Why not nothing? It includes the thoughts of dozens of luminaries from Plato and Aristotle to Aquinas and Leibniz to modern thinkers such as physicists Stephen Hawking and Steven Weinberg, philosophers Robert Nozick and Derek Parfit, philosophers of religion Alvin Plantinga and Richard Swinburne, and the Dalai Lama.
* The first accessible volume to cover a wide range of possible reasons for the existence of all reality, from over 50 renowned thinkers, including Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Leibniz, Hume, Bertrand Russell, Stephen Hawking, Steven Weinberg, Robert Nozick, Derek Parfit, Alvin Plantinga, Richard Swinburne, John Polkinghorne, Paul Davies, and the Dalai Lama
* Features insights by scientists, philosophers, and theologians
* Includes informative and helpful editorial introductions to each section
* Provides a wealth of suggestions for further reading and research
* Presents material that is both comprehensive and comprehensible
Aus dem Inhalt
About the Editors vi
Acknowledgments vii
1 General Introduction 1
2 Some Quotations 13
3 Possible Responses to "Why Anything?" 16
4 First Solution: A Blank is Absurd 18
5 Second Solution: No Explanation Needed 41
6 Third Solution: Chance 71
7 Fourth Solution: Value/Perfection as Ultimate 101
8 Fifth Solution: Mind/Consciousness as Ultimate 142
9 Fine-Tuning and Multiple Universes 171
10 The Problem Seems Genuine 211
Bibliography and Further Reading 289
Index of Names 310
Index of Concepts 313
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