Mind, value, and the cosmos : on the relational nature of ultimacy

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    • Davis, Andrew M.

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Mind, value, and the cosmos : on the relational nature of ultimacy

Andrew M. Davis

(Contemporary Whitehead studies)

Lexington Books, c2020

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-220) and index

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Mind, Value, and Cosmos: On the Relational Nature of Ultimacy is an investigation into the nature of ultimacy and explanation, particularly as it relates to the status of, and relationship between, Mind, Value, and the Cosmos. It draws its stimulus from longstanding "axianoetic" convictions as to the ultimate status of Mind and Value in the western tradition of philosophical theology, and chiefly from the influential modern proposals of A.N. Whitehead, Keith Ward, and John Leslie. What emerges is a relational theory of ultimacy wherein Mind and Value, Possibility and Actuality, God and the World are revealed as "ultimate" only in virtue of their relationality. The ultimacy of relationality-what Whitehead calls "mutual immanence"-uniquely illuminates enduring mysteries surrounding: any and all existence, necessary divine existence, the nature of the possible, and the world as actual. As such, it casts fresh light upon the whence and why of God, the World, and their ultimate presuppositions.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Relational Nature of Ultimacy Part I: Any and All Existence Chapter 1: Mysteries of Existence Chapter 2: Ways of Explaining the Mystery Part II: Divine Necessity and the Axianoetic Tradition Chapter 3: Axiarchism: The Creative Supremacy of Value Chapter 4: Idealism: The Primordiality of Mind Chapter 5: The Mutual Immanence of Mind and Value Part III: God and the Possible Chapter 6: Riddles of the Possible Chapter 7: Ridding the Possible Chapter 8: The Mutual Immanence of the Possible and the Actual Part IV: The World and Its Actualization Chapter 9: Mind and the Making of Actuality Chapter 10: The Mutual Immanence of God and the World Conclusion: The Ultimacy of Relationality

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