Metaphysics and Mystery

Metaphysics And Mystery: The Why Question East And West Is A Critical Analysis Comparison And Evaluation Of Philosophical Answers Western And Asian To The Question “Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?” The Question First Posed By The Seventeenth-Century Philosopher Leibniz Was Reintroduced In The Twentieth Century By Heidegger. Volume 1 Begins With An Introduction That Lays Out The Issues Raised By The Why Question. It Then Analyzes Contemporary Western Philosophers Who Provide Either Cosmological-Metaphysical Or Existential-Ontological Answers To The Question. It Also Considers Transitional Answers That Bridge The Two. Volume 2 Examines Asian Philosophers Classical And Contemporary Who Though Rejecting The Assumptions Behind The Question Put Forward Nondualist Answers That Have A Direct Bearing On It. It Concludes With An Argument For A Revised Understanding Of The Why Question That Draws On The Strengths And Weaknesses Of These Western And Asian Philosophies And Explores Implications For Ethics And Religious Thought.