Jaco Gericke is Associate Research Professor of Theology and Philosophy at North-West University, South Africa.

• ForewordAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. Introduction: What is a God?2. Whatness and a Socratic Definition of God-ness via Common Properties3. Whatness and a Platonist Perspective on God-ness as Form/Universal4. Whatness and Aristotelian Essentialism about a God as Secondary Substance5. Whatness and a Porphyrian Tree of God as Species/Genus6. Whatness and a Boethian Distinction between Essence/Existence in a God7. Whatness and an Avicennian View on the Quiddity of a God8. Whatness and Abelardian Nominalism about the Status of a God 9. Whatness and a Thomistic Perspective on the Complexity of a God10. Whatness and a Scotian Interpretation of a God’s Haecceity11. Whatness and a Cartesian Notion of a God’s Principle Attribute 12. Whatness and Lockean Anti-Essentialism about God as Sortal13. Whatness and Leibnizian Superessentialism about Necessity in a God14. Whatness and a Kantian Concept of a God as Thing-in-Itself15. Whatness and a Hegelian View of the Essence of a God in Appearances16. Whatness and a Nietzschean Interpretation of a God as Will-to-Power 17. Whatness and Wittgensteinian Family Resemblances among the God18. Whatness and a Husserlian Reduction of a God’s Essence as Intentional Object19. Whatness and a Heideggerian View of what is Ownmost in a God Identity over Time20. Whatness and a Sartrean Idea of Existence preceding Essence in a God21. Whatness and a Quinean Denial of Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Being a God22. Whatness and the Popperian Essentialist Fallacy in Defining a God23. Whatness and Kripkean Modal Neo-Essentialism about God as Rigid Designator 24. Whatness and Derridian Differential Ontology for a God beyond Anti-/Essentialism 25. Summary and ConclusionsBibliographyIndex of Biblical ReferencesIndex of Classical SourcesIndex of SubjectsIndex of Authors

Gericke’s survey is masterly … [his] handling of a wide range of difficult material is to be commended, as is his integration of it in relation to a single theme.

Jaco Gericke is Associate Research Professor of Theology and Philosophy at North-West University, South Africa.

• ForewordAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. Introduction: What is a God?2. Whatness and a Socratic Definition of God-ness via Common Properties3. Whatness and a Platonist Perspective on God-ness as Form/Universal4. Whatness and Aristotelian Essentialism about a God as Secondary Substance5. Whatness and a Porphyrian Tree of God as Species/Genus6. Whatness and a Boethian Distinction between Essence/Existence in a God7. Whatness and an Avicennian View on the Quiddity of a God8. Whatness and Abelardian Nominalism about the Status of a God 9. Whatness and a Thomistic Perspective on the Complexity of a God10. Whatness and a Scotian Interpretation of a God’s Haecceity11. Whatness and a Cartesian Notion of a God’s Principle Attribute 12. Whatness and Lockean Anti-Essentialism about God as Sortal13. Whatness and Leibnizian Superessentialism about Necessity in a God14. Whatness and a Kantian Concept of a God as Thing-in-Itself15. Whatness and a Hegelian View of the Essence of a God in Appearances16. Whatness and a Nietzschean Interpretation of a God as Will-to-Power 17. Whatness and Wittgensteinian Family Resemblances among the God18. Whatness and a Husserlian Reduction of a God’s Essence as Intentional Object19. Whatness and a Heideggerian View of what is Ownmost in a God Identity over Time20. Whatness and a Sartrean Idea of Existence preceding Essence in a God21. Whatness and a Quinean Denial of Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Being a God22. Whatness and the Popperian Essentialist Fallacy in Defining a God23. Whatness and Kripkean Modal Neo-Essentialism about God as Rigid Designator 24. Whatness and Derridian Differential Ontology for a God beyond Anti-/Essentialism 25. Summary and ConclusionsBibliographyIndex of Biblical ReferencesIndex of Classical SourcesIndex of SubjectsIndex of Authors

Gericke’s survey is masterly … [his] handling of a wide range of difficult material is to be commended, as is his integration of it in relation to a single theme.

Jaco Gericke is Associate Research Professor of Theology and Philosophy at North-West University, South Africa.

• ForewordAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. Introduction: What is a God?2. Whatness and a Socratic Definition of God-ness via Common Properties3. Whatness and a Platonist Perspective on God-ness as Form/Universal4. Whatness and Aristotelian Essentialism about a God as Secondary Substance5. Whatness and a Porphyrian Tree of God as Species/Genus6. Whatness and a Boethian Distinction between Essence/Existence in a God7. Whatness and an Avicennian View on the Quiddity of a God8. Whatness and Abelardian Nominalism about the Status of a God 9. Whatness and a Thomistic Perspective on the Complexity of a God10. Whatness and a Scotian Interpretation of a God’s Haecceity11. Whatness and a Cartesian Notion of a God’s Principle Attribute 12. Whatness and Lockean Anti-Essentialism about God as Sortal13. Whatness and Leibnizian Superessentialism about Necessity in a God14. Whatness and a Kantian Concept of a God as Thing-in-Itself15. Whatness and a Hegelian View of the Essence of a God in Appearances16. Whatness and a Nietzschean Interpretation of a God as Will-to-Power 17. Whatness and Wittgensteinian Family Resemblances among the God18. Whatness and a Husserlian Reduction of a God’s Essence as Intentional Object19. Whatness and a Heideggerian View of what is Ownmost in a God Identity over Time20. Whatness and a Sartrean Idea of Existence preceding Essence in a God21. Whatness and a Quinean Denial of Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Being a God22. Whatness and the Popperian Essentialist Fallacy in Defining a God23. Whatness and Kripkean Modal Neo-Essentialism about God as Rigid Designator 24. Whatness and Derridian Differential Ontology for a God beyond Anti-/Essentialism 25. Summary and ConclusionsBibliographyIndex of Biblical ReferencesIndex of Classical SourcesIndex of SubjectsIndex of Authors

Gericke’s survey is masterly … [his] handling of a wide range of difficult material is to be commended, as is his integration of it in relation to a single theme.