Metaphysics :

Hasker, William, 1935-

Metaphysics : constructing a world view / William Hasker. - Downers Grove, IL : InterVarsity Press, c1983. - 132 p. ; pbk ; 21 cm. - Contours of Christian philosophy .

Bibliography: p. [130]-132.

1. Introducing metaphysics: Metaphysical questions --
Answering metaphysical questions --
Evaluating metaphysical theories --
2. Freedom and necessity: Are we really free? --
Compatibilism: a way out? --
Determinism: arguments and objections --
Free will: arguments and objections --
Freedom, necessity and God --
3. Minds and bodies: The mystery of mind and body --
Avoiding the problem: behaviorism and idealism --
Dualism --
Materialism --
Emergentism --
Eternal life: immortality or resurrection? --
4. The World: What is the real nature of the world? --
The idealist rejection of realism --
The scientific critique of realism --
Consequences of scientific realism --
The origin of the world --
5. God and the world: God and metaphysics --
Naturalism: the world without God --
Pantheism: God as identical with the world --
Panentheism: God as including the world --
Theism: God as Creator of the world --
Epilog: a Christian metaphysic?.

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