DISTINCTIONS OF BEING

PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACHES TO REALITY

EDITED BY NIKOLAJ ZUNIC

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements
Publications of the American Maritain Association

INTRODUCTION: THE TASK OF THINKING REALITY
Nikolaj Zunic

PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF ARISTOTELIAN-THOMISTIC METAPHYSICS

• WHY THE SENSES CANNOT HAVE TRUTH: THE NEED FOR ABSTRACTION
  Steven Jensen

• FORM, ESSENCE, SOUL: DISTINGUISHING KEY PRINCIPLES OF THOMISTIC METAPHYSICS
  Joshua P. Hochschild

• FIRST KNOWN BEING AND THE BIRTH OF METAPHYSICS
  Lawrence Dewan, O.P.

• INCOMPLETE PERSONS: THOMAS AQUINAS ON SEPARATED SOULS AND THE IDENTITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
  Giuseppe Butera

PART II: ANALOGIES OF THE DIVINE

• "THE GREAT VISIBLE GOD": SOCRATES, ARISTOTLE, AND THOMAS AQUINAS ON THE WAY FROM NATURE TO NATURE'S GOD
  Christopher Morrissey

• FROM THE RELATIVE TO THE ABSOLUTE: LOUIS DE RAEYMAKER'S "METAPHYSICAL PROOF" FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
  William P. Haggerty

• MARITAIN ON THE NATURAL DESIRE TO SEE GOD: REFLECTIONS APPRECIATIVE AND CRITICAL
  Michael D. Torre

• THE MAJESTY OF INTERSUBJECTIVITY: MARITAIN AND MARCEL CONTRA CARTESIAN SUBJECTIVITY
  John Marson Dunaway

PART III: MARITAIN'S PHILOSOPHY OF BEING

• DIFFICULT ACROBATICS: "GRAVITATING HEAD FIRST TO THE MIDST OF THE STARS"
  John G. Trapani, Jr.

• IN DEFENSE OF THE INTUITION OF BEING
  James G. Hanink

• HOW MARITAIN MAY HAVE BRIDGED THE GAP BETWEEN METAPHYSICS AND ACTIVISM
  Raymond Dennehy

• MARITAIN, RATZINGER, AND THE NEW ERA OF INTELLECTUAL CULTURE
  John Deely

PART IV: THE SCOPE OF SCIENCE

• DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE: THE CASE OF ANCIENT MECHANICS
  Jean de Groot

• FAITH, PHYSICAL DETERMINISM, AND SCIENTIFIC METHOD
  Peter A. Pagan

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