A Theory of the Absolute [Paperback]

A Theory of the Absolute develops a worldview that is opposed to the dominant paradigm of physicalism and atheism. It provides powerful arguments for the existence of the soul and the existence of the Absolute. It shows that faith is not in contradiction to reason.Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: A Theory of the Absolute 2. Possible Worlds and Individual Essences 3. Existence and Individual Essences 4. Time and Individual Essences 5. Conceivability and Individual Essences 6. A Clarification of Physicalism 7. A Refutation of Physicalism 8. Reflections on the Soul 9. Concepts of God in Philosophy and Theology 10. The Contingency of Empirical Reality 11. The Indistinct Absolute 12. Summary 13. Bibliography IndexBenedikt Paul G?cke is Assistant Professor at the Catholic Faculty of Theology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, and Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University, UK.