ABSTRACT

Metaphysics and Transcendence takes up this story for the future. Arthur Gibson presents a new metaphysics with a genealogy based on counter-intuition and locates counter-intuition and complexity at the foundations of truth. Having devised fresh concepts on the basis of the new frontiers of science and philosophy, the author presents original explanations of transcendence arguing that just as we need revolutionary and original ways of depicting the physical world, so it is with such topics as God, miracles, the resurrection, the source and identity of consciousness and reason itself.

part |2 pages

Part I The problem

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part II Prognosis

chapter 1|10 pages

Complexities of meaning

chapter |5 pages

Metaphysical meaning

chapter 2|23 pages

Simple-minded philosophy

chapter 3|16 pages

Transcending cultural limits in logic

part |2 pages

Part III Infinite metaphysics

part |2 pages

Part IV Real-world solutions

chapter 7|4 pages

Some resurrection logic

chapter |5 pages

Empirical possibility and belief

chapter |9 pages

Ontology and retro-chic theology

chapter |7 pages

Empirical beauty

chapter 8|12 pages

The semantic logic of ‘God’

chapter |10 pages

Is quantification divine?

chapter |2 pages

Identity in Christology

chapter 10|9 pages

Transcendent reason

chapter |10 pages

The relevance of logical propositions

chapter 11|3 pages

Conclusion

chapter |17 pages

Notes

chapter |15 pages

Bibliography

chapter |7 pages

Indexes