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A Theory of the Absolute

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Benedikt Paul Göcke

    1. Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion (PFPR)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction: A Theory of the Absolute

    • Benedikt Paul Göcke
    Pages 1-16

  3. Possible Worlds and Individual Essences

    • Benedikt Paul Göcke
    Pages 17-36

  4. Existence and Individual Essences

    • Benedikt Paul Göcke
    Pages 37-54

  5. Time and Individual Essences

    • Benedikt Paul Göcke
    Pages 55-76

  6. Conceivability and Individual Essences

    • Benedikt Paul Göcke
    Pages 77-98

  7. A Clarification of Physicalism

    • Benedikt Paul Göcke
    Pages 99-114

  8. A Refutation of Physicalism

    • Benedikt Paul Göcke
    Pages 115-132

  9. Reflections on the Soul

    • Benedikt Paul Göcke
    Pages 133-153

  10. Concepts of God in Philosophy and Theology

    • Benedikt Paul Göcke
    Pages 154-168

  11. The Contingency of Empirical Reality

    • Benedikt Paul Göcke
    Pages 169-181

  12. The Indistinct Absolute

    • Benedikt Paul Göcke
    Pages 182-199

  13. Summary

    • Benedikt Paul Göcke
    Pages 200-201

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 202-239
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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.

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  • Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

    Benedikt Paul Göcke

About the author

Benedikt Paul Göcke 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.

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