Mind, Value, and Cosmos: On the Relational Nature of Ultimacy is an investigation into the nature of ultimacy and explanation, particularly as it relates to the status of, and relationship among Mind, Value, and the Cosmos. It draws its stimulus from longstanding “axianoetic” convictions as to the ultimate status of Mind and Value in the western tradition of philosophical theology, and chiefly from the influential modern proposals of A.N. Whitehead, Keith Ward, and John Leslie. What emerges is a relational theory of ultimacy wherein Mind and Value, Possibility and Actuality, God and the World are revealed as “ultimate” only in virtue of their relationality. The ultimacy of relationality—what Whitehead calls “mutual immanence”—uniquely illuminates enduring mysteries surrounding: any and all existence, necessary divine existence, the nature of the possible, and the world as actual. As such, it casts fresh light upon the whence and why of God, the World, and their ultimate presuppositions.

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As a work of philosophical theology and process metaphysics, Mind, Value, and Cosmos deserves serious engagement from specialists in these areas of study. Interested general readers will also find much to consider in this intellectually stimulating book.

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In this book, Davis provides an excellent example of traditional metaphysics and philosophical theology. It brings intellectual rigour to key questions regarding Ultimate Reality, which according to him is relationality…. This is an outstanding book which all who are interested in questions concerning Mind, Value, Cosmos and God-world relationships should read. Also, it travels along with several thinkers through history which, besides being significant for the context of the book, also serve as a good reminder of their work and thinking. Moreover, Davis offers a fantastic presentation of Leslie´s, Ward´s and Whitehead’s thinking around the questions mentioned above. I can only congratulate Andrew Davis for his outstanding piece of research.