The Puzzle of Existence: Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?

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.

Author: Tyron Goldschmidt
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 05/15/2013
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780415624657

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2014

About the Author

Tyron Goldschmidt is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University, USA.