Aims: A Brief Metaphysics for Today, Felt, W. 9780268029012 Free Shipping<-

AimsA Brief Metaphysics for Today\nAuthor(s): James W. Felt\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Notre Dame Press, United States\nImprint: University of Notre Dame Press\nISBN-13: 9780268029012, 978-0268029012\nSynopsis\nIn Aims: A Brief Metaphysics for Today, James W. Felt turns his attention to combining elements of Thomas Aquinas's metaphysics, especially its deep ontology, with Alfred North Whitehead's process philosophy to arrive at a new possibility for metaphysics. In his distinctive style, Felt concisely pulls together the strands of epistemology, ontology, and teleology, synthesizing these elements into his own \""process-enriched Thomism.\""\n\n Aims does not simply discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each philosopher's position, but blends the two into a cohesive argument based on principles derived from immediate experience. Felt arrives at what he calls a \""Whiteheadian-type solution,\""appealing to his original concept of the \""essential aim\""as necessary for u.