Being and God: A Systematic Approach in Confrontation with Martin Heidegger, Emmanuel Levinas, and Jean-Luc Marion - Softcover

Puntel, Lorenz B.; White, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810128535 ISBN 13: 9780810128538

Publisher: Northwestern University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Being and God argues that defensible philosophical theorization concerning the topic “God” is both possible and necessary within the framework of an adequate systematic philosophy—which must include a theory of Being—but is not possible in the absence of such a framework. The book provides critiques of philosophical approaches to this topic that have not relied on such frameworks; targets include the most important and influential treatments presented by historical, contemporary analytic, and contemporary continental philosophers. The book also further develops the systematic framework presented in Puntel’s Structure and Being (2008), extending a line of argumentation to show that the absolutely necessary dimension of Being is, when more fully explicated, appropriately named “God.”

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About the Author

Lorenz B. Puntel is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Munich. He is the winner, for Structure and Being, of the 2011 Findlay Book Prize awarded by the Metaphysical Society of America. Alan White is Mark Hopkins Professor of Philosophy at Williams College, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0810128535
• ISBN 13: 9780810128538
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 452