Frederick D. Wilhelmsen's Being and Knowing, rooted in the
philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, rests on two basic assertions:
first, metaphysics is the science of being in its first and
ultimate act, existence (the act by which all things manifest
themselves); second, that existence is known not through observing
objects, but in affirming through judgments that these objects are
subjects of existence. The chapters of this book explore these
Thomistic doctrines. Some explain St. Thomas Aquinas's philosophy
of being. Others probe his epistemology. The complexity and density
of Aquinas's theory of judgment (that truth is realized in the
judgment of man), emphasized throughout most of the book, point not
only to a deeper understanding of the nature of metaphysics, but
they open doors to the clarification of philosophical issues
germane to contemporary thought. This work addresses a number of
metaphysical philosophical paradoxes. Wilhelmsen's exploration of
them demonstrates why he was the preeminent American scholar of the
Thomistic tradition. This volume is part of Transaction's series,
the Library of Conservative Thought.
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