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a_theist
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| Posted 1/15/2003 12:26 AM (GMT -6) |   | 1.What would be the best Hartshorne book to read introducing the a priori (metaphysical?) truth: "something exists"? This approach sounds really fascinating, and I would be interested in seeing how it helps him to develop his theory of the existence of God. Does he a priori assume the existence of God; or is it just the a priori assumption that something (in this case, not necessarily God) exists which starts Hartshorne out on his search for the existence of God?
2. Is it just my copy, or did all copies of the book contain typos?
3. Did all books include a paper insert with the list of abbreviations?
4. Are there actually copies with the title, "Trinity and Process: The Critical Evaluation and Appropriation of Hartshorne's Di-Polar Theism Towards a Trinitarian Metaphysics"?
5. Is the word "metaphysics" in the title refer to the philosophical definition of metaphysics, or does it refer to Hartshorne's definition of metaphysics?
That is all for now.
Thanks for you time!
Blessings,
Paul
"The Creator's power (by which I mean the capacity to influence the world) is made manifest paradoxically in the vulnerable defenselessness of crucified man."
-John F. Haught
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GregBoyd
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| Posted 1/15/2003 1:07 AM (GMT -6) | | Welcome to the elite club of 8 or so people who actually troubled themselves to read Trinity and Process. (Okay, that's a slight exaggeration of how few read it. At least 10 read it.) In answer to your questions:
A Theist (AT) What would be the best Hartshorne book to read introducing the a priori (metaphysical?) truth: "something exists"?
Doc: I'd say Creative Synthesis and Philosophic Method.
AT: Does he a priori assume the existence of God; or is it just the a priori assumption that something (in this case, not necessarily God) exists which starts Hartshorne out on his search for the existence of God?
Doc: He believes God's existence is an a priori truth in the sense that it is logically rooted in a priori truths. But this doesn't mean that it doesn't have to be argued for. He believed it did. This is the ontological argument.
AT: Is it just my copy, or did all copies of the book contain typos?
Doc: They all have typos. Lang pub. did "publication ready" arrangments with their authors. Obviously, though I hired a person to proof read my mss. before sending it in, it was hardly ready. (I take consolation in the fact that Whitehead's original edition of Process and Reality was in even WORSE shape.
AT. Did all books include a paper insert with the list of abbreviations?
Doc: Yes. Bizzarely, I forgot to include the list of abbreviations in my mss. We had to insert this later.
AT" Are there actually copies with the title, "Trinity and Process: The Critical Evaluation and Appropriation of Hartshorne's Di-Polar Theism Towards a Trinitarian Metaphysics"?
Doc: What's the title of the one YOU have?
AT" Is the word "metaphysics" in the title refer to the philosophical definition of metaphysics, or does it refer to Hartshorne's definition of metaphysics?
Doc: Hartshorne's own definition of metaphysics is a specification of a generally philosophical definition of metaphysics... and, ingeniously enough I suppose, the use in the title could refer to either.
Happy reading.
Greg
ps. I LIKE your signature quote. You'd like reading Moltmann and Jungel I think.
"The Creator's power (by which I mean the capacity to influence the world) is made manifest paradoxically in the vulnerable defenselessness of crucified man."
-John F. Haught
Edited by - A_Theist on 01/15/2003 05:27:28 AM
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Springs
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| Posted 1/15/2003 5:26 AM (GMT -6) | | A-Theist: Are there actually copies with the title, "Trinity and Process: The Critical Evaluation and Appropriation of Hartshorne's Di-Polar Theism Towards a Trinitarian Metaphysics"?
My copy is titled: A Critical Evaluation and Reconstructionof Hartshorne's Di-Polar Theism Toward a Trinitarian Metaphysics.
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GregBoyd
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| Posted 1/15/2003 6:22 AM (GMT -6) | |
My copy is titled: A Critical Evaluation and Reconstructionof Hartshorne's Di-Polar Theism Toward a Trinitarian Metaphysics.
Doc: I can't even remember the title of my first book anymore! And Springs, are you in the elite club of 8 as well??? BRAVO!
blessings
Doc
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a_theist
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| Posted 1/15/2003 8:00 AM (GMT -6) | | Doc:Welcome to the elite club of 8 or so people who actually troubled themselves to read Trinity and Process. (Okay, that's a slight exaggeration of how few read it. At least 10 read it.)
AT: Thanks! I feel like I am part of something special here. *tears of joy form in eyes* 
Doc: (I take consolation in the fact that Whitehead's original edition of Process and Reality was in even WORSE shape.)
AT: You got any suggestions on which version to read? My intuition tells me to read this version of Process and Reality . Were your errors in spirit of his Magnum Opus? LOL
Doc: What's the title of the one YOU have?
AT: The same: Trinity and Process: A Critical Evaluation and Reconstruction of Hartshorne's Di-Polar Theism Towards a Trinitarian Metaphysics. I wasn't quite sure if it was the same title, because your bibliography has it titled as: "Trinity and Process: The A Priori Construction of a Trinitarian Metaphysic From a Critical Evaluation of Hartshorne's Process Theism". I wasn't quite sure if that was just an error, or that in fact the book had been republished with a different title. Since there are only 10 people who've read the book , I have to assume that there was no need to re-publish it. Thanks for writing this book. 
Doc:ps. I LIKE your signature quote. You'd like reading Moltmann and Jungel I think.
THANKS! I have heard of Jurgen through the writings of the author of my signature quote. I have not heard of Jungel, but I will check him out.
Blessings,
Paul (a.k.a. faithfullservent)
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GregBoyd
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| Posted 1/15/2003 4:30 PM (GMT -6) | | That's just GREAT. I actually mistitled my own book in its own bibliography. Am I a bright bulb, or what???
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