Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Scholarly Career Affirming the Intelligibility of Nature
Part I. The Intelligibility of Nature
Chapter One. The Intelligibility of Nature: A Neo-Aristotelian View
Chapter Two. A Place for Form in Science: The Modeling of Nature
Part II. The Scientific Relevance of the Thomistic Tradition
Chapter Three. St. Thomas Aquinas, Galileo, and Einstein
Chapter Four. Thomism and the Quantum Enigma
Part III. From Aristotle to Galileo
Chapter Five. Medieval and Renaissance Sources of Modern Science: A Revision of Duhem’s Continuity Thesis Based on Galileo’s Early Notebooks
Chapter Six. Aquinas, Galileo, and Aristotle
Chapter Seven. The Certitude of Science in Late Medieval and Renaissance Thought
Part IV. Nature and Her Creator
Chapter Eight. Newtonian Antinomies against the Prima Via
Chapter Nine. Metaphysics and the Existence of God
Chapter Ten. The Cosmological Argument: A Reappraisal
Chapter Eleven. Review of Anthony Kenny’s The Five Ways
Chapter Twelve. The First Way: A Rejoinder
Chapter Thirteen. Immateriality and Its Surrogates in Modern Science
Part V. ConcludingThoughts
Chapter Fourteen. The Case for Developmental Thomism
Lifetime Bibliography of William A. Wallace, O.P.
Index