Why there is Something rather than Nothing

Why there is Something rather than Nothing

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-216

  Rundle, Bede ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causation; Essence; Existence; Explanation; Fine tuning; God; Mind; Necessity; Spirit; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921947001     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199270503.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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