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Author : Rocco J. Gennaro
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788195165414
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (654 download)
Download or read book New Essays on the Rationalists written by Rocco J. Gennaro and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rocco J. Gennaro
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198028903
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book New Essays on the Rationalists written by Rocco J. Gennaro and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-11-25 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection presents some of the most vital and original recent writings on Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, the three greatest rationalists of the early modern period. Their work offered brilliant and distinct integrations of science, morals, metaphysics, and religion, which today remain at the center of philosophical discussion. The essays written especially for this volume explore how these three philosophical systems treated matter, substance, human freedom, natural necessity, knowledge, mind, and consciousness. The contributors include some of the most prominent writers in the field, including Jonathan Bennett, Michael Della Rocca, Jan A. Cover, Catherine Wilson, Stephen Voss, Edwin Curley, Don Garrett, and Margaret D. Wilson.
Author : Rocco J. Gennaro
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (113 download)
Download or read book New Essays on the Rationalists written by Rocco J. Gennaro and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rocco J. Gennaro
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019512488X
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)
Download or read book New Essays on the Rationalists written by Rocco J. Gennaro and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection presents some of the most vital and original recent writings on Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, the three greatest rationalists of the early modern period. Their work offered brilliant and distinct integrations of science, morals, metaphysics, and religion, which today remain at the center of philosophical discussion. The essays written especially for this volume explore how these three philosophical systems treated matter, substance, human freedom, natural necessity, knowledge, mind, and consciousness. The contributors include some of the most prominent writers in the field, including Jonathan Bennett, Michael Della Rocca, Jan A. Cover, Catherine Wilson, Stephen Voss, Edwin Curley, Don Garrett, and Margaret D. Wilson.
Author : Derk Pereboom
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780847689118
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (891 download)
Download or read book The Rationalists written by Derk Pereboom and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1999 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together thirteen articles on the most discussed thinkers in the rationalist movement: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, and Malebranche. These articles address the topics in metaphysics and epistemology that figure most prominently in contemporary work on these philosophers. The articles have all been produced since 1980, and their authors are among the most respected in the field.
Author : Charles E. Jarrett
Publisher : Guelph, Ont. : [Canadian Association for Publishing in Philosophy]
ISBN 13 : 9780919491069
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book New Essays on Rationalism and Empiricism written by Charles E. Jarrett and published by Guelph, Ont. : [Canadian Association for Publishing in Philosophy]. This book was released on 1978 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Miller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351913131
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Out of Error written by David Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If there has been some modest advance, since Karl Popper's death in 1994, in the general understanding of his critical rationalist theory of knowledge and philosophy of science, there is still widespread resistance both to it and to the recognition of the magnitude of his contribution. Popper long ago diagnosed the logical problems of traditional enlightenment rationalism (as did some irrationalists), but instead of pretending that they are readily solved or embracing irrational defeatism (as do postmodernists), he provided a cogent and liberating rationalist alternative. This book promotes, defends, criticizes, and refines this alternative. David Miller is the foremost exponent of the purist critical rationalist doctrine and here presents his mature views, discussing the role that logic and argument play in the growth of knowledge, criticizing the common understanding of argument as an instrument of justification, persuasion or discovery and instead advocating the critical rationalist view that only criticism matters. Miller patiently and thoroughly undoes the damage done by those writers who attack critical rationalism by invoking the sterile mythology of induction and justification that it seeks to sweep away. In addition his new material on the debate on verisimilitude is essential reading for all working in this field.
Author : Michael Oakeshott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays written by Michael Oakeshott and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rationalism in Politics, first published in 1962, has established the late Michael Oakeshott as the leading conservative political theorist in modern Britain. This expanded collection of essays astutely points out the limits of 'reason' in rationalist politics. Oakeshott criticizes ideological schemes to reform society according to supposedly 'scientific' or rationalistic principles that ignore the wealth and variety of human experience. "Rationalism in politics," says Oakeshott, "involves a misconception with regard to the nature of human knowledge." History has shown that it produces unexpected, often disastrous results. "Having cut himself off from the traditional knowledge of his society, and denied the value of any education more extensive than a training in a technique of analysis," the Rationalist succeeds only in undermining the institutions that hold civilized society together. In this regard, rationalism in politics is "a corruption of the mind."
Author : Charles Watts
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364238356
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (383 download)
Download or read book The Meaning of Rationalism written by Charles Watts and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Meaning of Rationalism: And Other Essays One of the many mistakes of theologians is that they recognise no active progressive principles, but urge that the true faith was stereotyped about eighteen hundred years ago, and that all subsequent actions and duties must be shaped in its mould. Thus Rationalism has an important work to perform in seeking to destroy old notions which have proved detrimental to healthy mental growth, and in selecting new paths in the field of human thought. In the following pages, therefore, I have endeavoured to briefly explain the philosophy of Rationalism and its relation to human conduct. The attitude of Agnosticism towards popular Theism, and the superiority of the theory of Evolution to that of Special Creation, are also indicated. The nature of Unbelief is considered, and the relative value of the belief in Nature and in the alleged Supernatural is pointed out. In the revision of the Essay upon Evolution, written some years ago, it has not been deemed necessary to interfere with its essential features, as they are not materially afiected by the more recent expositions of the theory. The belief in immortality is likewise dealt with from a Rationalist standpoint. The direction that man's aspirations have taken upon this question is not surprising, for they are largely the outcome of that selfishness which is so distinguishing a characteristic of perverted human nature, which cares for no benefits but personal ones. Let us hope, however, that the time is not far distant when men will see that their conception of immortality had its origin in an erroneous interpretation of a natural sentiment, allied with a desire for personal gratification. How truly did Pope speak when he said that Hell was built on spite, and heaven on pride. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Simon Robertson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199572933
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)
Download or read book Spheres of Reason written by Simon Robertson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spheres of Reason comprises nine new articles on normativity. They make a timely and distinctive contribution to our understanding of how normative thought may or may not be unified across the spheres of actions, belief and feeling. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the nature of normativity and the bearing it has on human thought.
Author : Paul Copan
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498579914
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)
Download or read book The Naturalness of Belief written by Paul Copan and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its name, “naturalism” as a world-view turns out to be rather unnatural in its strict and more consistent form of materialism and determinism. This is why a number of naturalists opt for a broadened version that includes objective moral values, intrinsic human dignity, consciousness, beauty, personal agency, and the like. But in doing so, broad naturalism begins to look more like theism. As many strict naturalists recognize, broad naturalism must borrow from the metaphysical resources of a theistic world-view, in which such features are very natural, common sensical, and quite “at home” in a theistic framework. The Naturalness of Belief begins with a naturalistic philosopher’s own perspective of naturalism and naturalness. The remaining chapters take a multifaceted approach in showing theism’s naturalness and greater explanatory power. They examine not only rational reasons for theism’s ability to account for consciousness, intentionality, beauty, human dignity, free will, rationality, and knowledge; they also look at common sensical, existential, psychological, and cultural reasons—in addition to the insights of the cognitive science of religion.
Author : Carlos Fraenkel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9048193850
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)
Download or read book The Rationalists: Between Tradition and Innovation written by Carlos Fraenkel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume draws a balanced picture of the Rationalists by bringing their intellectual contexts, sources and full range of interests into sharper focus, without neglecting their core commitment to the epistemological doctrine that earned them their traditional label. The collection of original essays addresses topics ranging from theodicy and early modern music theory to Spinoza’s anti-humanism, often critically revising important aspects of the received picture of the Rationalists. Another important contribution of the volume is that it brings out aspects of Rationalist philosophers and their legacies that are not ordinarily associated with them, such as the project of a Cartesian ethics. Finally, a strong emphasis is placed on the connection of the Rationalists’ philosophy to their interests in empirical science, to their engagement in the political life of their era, and to the religious background of many of their philosophical commitments.
Author : Creighton Peden
Publisher : Mercer University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780865544260
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (442 download)
Download or read book New Essays in Religious Naturalism written by Creighton Peden and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The essays in this volume were selected from those presented at a Conference on American Religious Thought sponsored by the Highlands Institute for American Religious Thought, at Highlands, North Carolina." "The Highlands Institute is a community of productive scholars with diverse theological and philosophical perspectives. The Institute contributes to the academic study of religion through interpretive, critical, and constructive reflections whose principal focus is on distinctively American religious thought. It fosters broad discussion of relevant options through its sponsorship of conferences, seminars, workshops, and publications." "The work of the Institute emphasizes (1) the interface between theology and philosophy, especially where theological efforts have utilized the American philosophical tradition; (2) the history and development of liberal religious thought in America; (3) themes pertinent to the "Chicago School" of theology, and (4) naturalism in American theology and philosophy."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : Peter Baumann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521012102
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Practical Conflicts written by Peter Baumann and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-26 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection a distinguished roster of philosophers analyse the diverse forms of practical conflict.
Author : Frank E. Reynolds
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438417187
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Religion and Practical Reason written by Frank E. Reynolds and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1994-10-25 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains programmatic essays that focus on broad-ranging proposals for re-envisioning a discipline of comparative philosophy of religions. It also contains a number of case studies focussing on the interpretation of particular religio-historical data from comparatively oriented philosophical perspectives.
Author : Paul Copan
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9781498579926
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (799 download)
Download or read book The Naturalness of Belief written by Paul Copan and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume exposes naturalism's unnaturalness and defends theism's naturalness and greater explanatory power to account for wide-ranging phenomena in the world and human experience. A broadening of naturalism to accommodate these features means borrowing heavily from-and thus...
Author : Kristina Engelhard
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9402412875
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Potentiality written by Kristina Engelhard and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-18 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume congregates articles of leading philosophers about potentials and potentiality in all areas of philosophy and the empirical sciences in which they play a relevant role. It is the first encompassing collection of articles on the metaphysics of potentials and potentiality. Potentials play an important role not only in our everyday understanding of objects, persons and systems but also in the sciences. An example is the potential to become an adult human person. Moreover, the attribution of potentials involves crucial ethical problems. Bioethics makes references to the theoretical concept "potential" without being able to clarify its meaning. However, despite its relevance it has not been made subject of philosophical investigation. Mostly, potentials are regarded as a subspecies of dispositions. Whilst dispositions are a flourishing field of research, potentials as such have not come into focus. Potentials like dispositions are modal properties. But already a first glance at the metaphysics of potentials shows that concerning their ascription potentials are more problematic than dispositions since "potential" means that an entity has the potential to acquire a property in the future. Therefore, potentials involve a time structure of the entities in question that is much more complex than those of dispositions. This handbook brings this important concept into focus in its various aspects for the first time. It covers the history of the concept as well as contemporary systematic problems and will be of special interest for philosophers in the fields of general metaphysics, philosophy of science and ethics, especially bioethics. It will also be of interest to scientists and persons concerned with bioethical problems.
