The science of being as being metaphysical investigations (Catholic University of America Press, 2012)
A collection of papers in honor of John F. Wippel
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
The science of being as being in Aristotle, Aquinas, and Wippel / Robert Sokolowski -- The transformation of metaphysics in late antiquity / Dominic O'Meara -- Why is metaphysics called "first philosophy" in the Middle Ages? / Jan A. Aertsen -- The fragile convergence : structures of metaphysical thinking / Andreas Speer -- Aquinas on substance as a metaphysical genus / Gregory T. Doolan -- A scholastic perspective on the individuation of races / Jorge J.E. Gracia -- Merely metaphysical possibility / James Ross -- The role of metaphysics in the theology of Godfrey of Fontaines / Stephen F. Brown -- Thomas Aquinas on philosophy and the preambles of faith / John F. Wippel -- Thomas Aquinas on demonstrating God's providence / Brian J. Shanley -- Eternity, simplicity, and presence / Eleonore Stump -- Why bodies as well as souls in the life to come? / Marilyn McCord Adams