Beyond Matter: Why Science Needs Metaphysics

by Roger Trigg

Book Overview

Does science have all the answers? Can it even deal with abstract reasoning beyond the world we experience? How can we ensure that the physical world is sufficiently ordered to be intelligible to humans? How can mathematics, a product of human minds, unlock the secrets of the physical universe? Should all such questions be considered inadmissible if science cannot settle them?

Metaphysics has traditionally been understood as reasoning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159947512X
• ISBN13: 9781599475127
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Templeton Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher