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Curing the Philosopher's Disease: Reinstating Mystery in the Heart of Philosophy

Autor Richard H. Jones
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 sep 2009
Curing the Philosopher's Disease is a philosophical examination of the mysteries surrounding the foundations of science, philosophy, and religion. Much of Western philosophy and science is discussed in order to see our epistemological and metaphysical situation. The love/hate relation philosophers have with mystery is explored, as are the contributions of reductionists and antireductionists, postmodern relativists and critical realists, naturalists and the religious, and theologians and mystics. The thrust of the arguments affirms that there are limits to what philosophy, science, religion, and mystical experiences can tell us about reality. By acknowledging that some questions may be unanswerable and understanding the importance of that fact even as the answers remain ambiguous, our true situation in the world is revealed. Mystery should be reinstated as a basic feature when we reflect upon the nature of what we know and who we are. Mystery frames all of our claims to fundamental knowledge, and we must accept that it will remain a permanent fixture. Thus, the importance of mystery needs to be reaffirmed today, during an era when the fullness of reality is often ignored.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780761848103
ISBN-10: 076184810X
Pagini: 297
Dimensiuni: 155 x 232 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția University Press of America
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Chapter 1 1. Exploring Mystery
Chapter 2 2. Philosophy
Chapter 3 3. Postmodernism and Critical Realism
Chapter 4 4. Science
Chapter 5 5. Explaining the Universe
Chapter 6 6. Religion
Chapter 7 7. Religious Experiences
Chapter 8 8. Reviving Mystery
Chapter 9 9. Selected Bibliography
Chapter 10 10. Index

Recenzii

The book's most outstanding trait is its breadth. In under 300 pages, Jones sweeps through discursive regimes as diverse as logical positivism and evolutionary biology, string theory, and apophatic theology.