The Way Toward Wisdom: An Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Introduction to Metaphysics

by Benedict M. Ashley

Book Overview

Once thought to be the task of metaphysics, the synthesis of knowledge has been discounted by many philosophers today. Benedict Ashley, a leading Thomistic scholar, argues that it remains a valid and intellectually fruitful pursuit by situating metaphysics as an endeavor that must cross disciplinary and cultural boundaries.

Working from a realist Thomistic epistemology, Ashley asserts that we must begin our search for wisdom in the natural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268020353
• ISBN13: 9780268020354
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"