An Actological Metaphysic: Actological Explorations

by Malcolm Torry

Publisher:

Resource Publications

, 2023

Overview

An actology--introduced by the first book in this series, Actology: Action, Change and Diversity in the Western Philosophical Tradition--understands reality as action in changing patterns. Actological Readings in Continental Philosophy reads a number of continental philosophers through this lens, and An Actology of the Given explores the concepts of the gift, givenness, and giving in the light of reality understood as action in changing patterns. Mark’s Gospel: An Actological Reading is what it says it is.
This fifth book in the series, An Actological Metaphysic, is a more systematic treatment of cosmology and of such concepts as truth, knowledge, causality, time, space, life, and society, to see what happens when they are understood actologically: that is, with reality understood as action in changing patterns.

Praise for An Actological Metaphysic

There is no better scholar, thinker, and theologian than Malcolm Torry for illuminating the intersection of theology, metaphysics, and society. An Actological Metaphysic is a first-rate and original work. Torry develops a theory that all reality is intelligible as action in changing patterns. Alongside Torry’s startling insights and depth of learning, readers will encounter a thought-provoking journey inspiring contemplation as well as deepening their understanding of the profound mysteries shaping our reality.

——Patrick O’Connor, associate professor of philosophy, Staffordshire University

Product Details

• Title: An Actological Metaphysic
• Author: Malcolm Torry
• Series: Actological Explorations
• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 258
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9798385206001, 9798385205998, 9798385205981
• Resource ID: LLS:9798385206001
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T17:38:33Z

About Malcolm Torry

Malcolm Torry, is a priest in the Church of England who for thirty-four years served in full-time posts in South London parishes and is now Priest in Charge of St Mary Abchurch in the City of London. He has published numerous books, chapters, and articles on Basic Income—an unconditional income for every individual—and also on religious and faith-based organizations. This is now the seventh book in the philosophical Actological Explorations series.