The Mystery of Existence: Why Is There Anything At All?

This compelling study of the origins of all that exists, including explanations of the entire material world, traces the responses of philosophers and scientists to the most elemental and haunting question of all: why is anything here―or anything anywhere? Why is there something rather than nothing? Why not nothing? It includes the thoughts of dozens of luminaries from Plato and Aristotle to Aquinas and Leibniz to modern thinkers such as physicists Stephen Hawking and Steven Weinberg, philosophers Robert Nozick and Derek Parfit, philosophers of religion Alvin Plantinga and Richard Swinburne, and the Dalai Lama. <ul>
<li>The first accessible volume to cover a wide range of possible reasons for the existence of all reality, from over 50 renowned thinkers, including Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Leibniz, Hume, Bertrand Russell, Stephen Hawking, Steven Weinberg, Robert Nozick, Derek Parfit, Alvin Plantinga, Richard Swinburne, John Polkinghorne, Paul Davies, and the Dalai Lama </li> <li>Features insights by scientists, philosophers, and theologians</li> <li>Includes informative and helpful editorial introductions to each section</li> <li>Provides a wealth of suggestions for further reading and research</li> <li>Presents material that is both comprehensive and comprehensible</li> </ul>

Politics & Social Sciences

Leslie

Philosophy

Wiley/Blackwell

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You will receive access to this electronic text via email after using the shopping cart above to complete your purchase. According to the artist-author, "the art of field sketching is the art of learning to observe and draw nature quickly without worrying about the result." All aspects of field sketching are covered, from beginning exercises and basic techniques to sketching in a variety of environments. An entire chapter is devoted to field sketching as a preliminary study for finished pieces of art for either artistic or scientific purposes.

Field Sketching

Arts & Photography

Drawing

Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company

Mrs. Doubtfire (with Robin Williams & Sally Field)

SINGER

Randi Maem & Dixon

Screenplay

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc./beverly Hills, California

Borders Copyright Free Clip Art

Cabarga

And Casey Robbins

Art Direction Book Co., Ny

Stone Butch Blues

Feinberg

BRAND new & gift worthy with dust jacket!

Buckhorn Springs Heritage Cookbook: A Place Where Family and Food Feed a Historic Journey

SARGENT

Leslie Shelton Sargent

Bruce Kingsbury Sargent

Sargent Bruce Sargent, Lauren

Lauren Sargent, Leslie Sargent, Bruce Sargent

Mr. and Mrs. Woodbridge: With Other Tales, Representing Life As It Is and Intended to Show What It Should Be

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Nabu Press

A Measure Of Murder (a Sally Solari Mystery)

Karst

Worldwide Library, New York, Ny, U.s.a.

When her rich older husband leaves her for another woman, Claire finds herself at age twenty-six a single mother who has never held a job. Now she must figure out how to keep up with Manhattan's world of competitive mothering.

Play Dates

CARROLL

United States

Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc.

Seventy Five Recipies for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Cooking Education & Reference

Foster Pr

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