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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction - John F. Wippel
Part One. Contributions in Ancient Philosophy
1. Goodness, Unity, and Creation in the Platonic Tradition - Lloyd P. Gerson
2. The Question of Being, Non-Being, and “Creation ex Nihilo” in Chinese Philosophy - May Sim
Part Two. Contributions in Medieval Philosophy
3. The Ultimate Why Question: Avicenna on Why God Is Absolutely Necessary - Jon McGinnis
4. Thomas Aquinas on the Ultimate Why Question: Why Is There Anything at All Rather than Nothing Whatsoever? - John F. Wippel
Part Three. Contributions in Modern Philosophy
5. Causa sui and Created Truth in Descartes - Tad M. Schmaltz
6. Being and Being Grounded - Daniel O. Dahlstrom
7. Why Is There Anything at All Rather than Absolutely Nothing?: F. W. J. Schelling’s Answer to the Ultimate Why Question - Holger Zaborowski
8. The Ultimate Why Question: The Hegelian Option - Edward C. Halper
Part Four. Contemporary Contributions
9. Some Contemporary Theories of Divine Creation - Robert Cummings Neville
10. Pragmatic Reflections on Final Causality - Brian Martine
11. Optimalism and the Rationality of the Real: On the Prospects of Axiological Explanation - Nicholas Rescher
Bibliography
Contributors
Index of Topics
Index of Names