Common sense tells us all that things just do not pop into existence out of nothing. It takes work and effort to make things happen. Buildings are made by build

The Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) says that all contingent facts must have explanation. In this 2006 volume, which was the first on the topic in the Engl

This monograph, The Knowledge of the First Principles in St. Thomas Aquinas, has a well-articulated vision of the issue addressed, both from the metaphysical an

When it is taught today, metaphysics is often presented as a fragmented view of philosophy that ignores the fundamental issues of its classical precedents. Esch