Postmodern Metaphysics

Yannaras's book is an important contribution to the theology/science debate. It offers a respectable alternative to creationist resistance to materialistic evolutionism. It shows how spiritual reality transcends the categories of chance and necessity that materialists believe can explain everything. It argues passionately for the priority of relationality and reciprocity, the spiritual dimension through which we can discover God's causality and so enter into personal relation with him. Contents Prolegomena 1: The modern paradigm p. 1 Prolegomena 2: The collapse of the modern vision p. 19 Prolegomena 3: The lack of existential meaning in modernity p. 47 Parenthesis 1: The “logical place” of chance p. 67 Parenthesis 2: The “logical place” of the theory of evolution p. 73 Thesis 1: The postmodern challenge: a metaphysical extension of physics p. 83 Thesis 2: The modal sense of the infinite and the absolute p. 141 Thesis 3: A postmodern essay in metaphysical ontology p. 171 Notes p. 183 Index p. 197 Product Description Paperback: 200 Pages Publisher: Holy Cross Orthodox Press ISBN: 978-1-885652-80-5 Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 Author: Christos Yannaras Publication Year: 1991 Translator: Norman Russell