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Rethinking Metaphysics (Directions in Modern Theology)
Rethinking Metaphysics - Directions in Modern Theology Author:L. Gregory Jones Out of the ashes of the post-modern critique of metaphysics comes a series of important essays which re-think the place of metaphysics in theological and philosophical inquiry. This book ranges across a variety of philosophical and theological traditions, engaging such figures as Plato and Augustine, as well as Gillian Rose, Jacques Derrida, Don... more »ald Davidson, C.S. Peirce and Jean Luc Marion. The authors of these essays directly confront a variety of post-modern critiques of metaphysical speculation while, nonetheless, arguing that there is still a significant future for reflection on metaphysical questions. Unified by an agreement about the urgent need to re-think metaphysics rather than a common set of answers, these essays should provoke a wide-ranging and lively discussion among philosophers and theologians.« less