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Whitehead's Religious Thought

From Mechanism to Organism, From Force to Persuasion

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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Whitehead's Religious Thought

From Mechanism to Organism, From Force to Persuasion

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

This original interpretation of the religious thought of Alfred North Whitehead highlights Whitehead's moves from mechanism to organism, and from force to persuasion to offer a third alternative between classical theism and religious skepticism. Daniel A. Dombrowski argues that the move from force to persuasion, in particular, is not only fundamental to Whitehead's own thought and to process thought in general, but is a necessary condition for the continuing existence of civilized life. Following this line of analysis, Dombrowski demonstrates Whitehead's relevance to contemporary work in philosophy of mind, political philosophy, and environmental ethics by placing him in dialogue with six major thinkers: David Ray Griffin, Isabelle Stengers, John Rawls, Charles Hartshorne, Judith Butler, and William Wordsworth.

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A Brief, Liberal, Catholic Defense of Abortion

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski,Robert John Deltete

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A Brief, Liberal, Catholic Defense of Abortion

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski,Robert John Deltete

The Catholic church has always opposed abortion, but -- contrary to popular belief -- not always for the same reasons. This tightly argued, historically grounded study sets out to demonstrate that a "pro-choice" stance, now held by a significant minority of Catholics, is as fully justified by Catholic thought as an anti-abortion view, and may even be more compatible with Catholic tradition than the current opposition to abortion espoused by many Catholics and most Catholic leaders. A Brief, Liberal, Catholic Defense of Abortion argues that the current Catholic anti-abortion stance is justified neither by modern embryology nor by ancient church teachings. Combining up-to-date information on fetal development with a thorough grasp of the works of the church's early thinkers, Daniel A. Dombrowski and Robert Deltete expose crucial contradictions between the early and the modern church's views of abortion. Returning to the writings of two pillars of early Christian thought, Sts. Augustine and Thomas Aquinas, the authors show that abortion was originally condemned by the church on the grounds of perversity, since it nullified the only permissible reason for sexual relations: procreation. Only in more recent times has the view arisen of abortion as indefensible on the ontological grounds that human personhood begins at the moment of conception. The authors demonstrate that the early church's view of fetal development -- delayed hominization, in which the fetus is endowed with a human soul only when it achieves a physical human body -- is diametrically opposed to the current anti-abortion stance. In fact, the authors show, the insistence on immediate hominization that provides thefoundation for the current "pro-life" view stems from two seventeenth-century scientific misconceptions -- preformationism and the homunculus -- that have since been thoroughly discredited. By considering the history of Catholic thought in its relation to the history of science, Dombrowski and Deltete bring a new level of detail and focus to the abortion debate. Their thoughtful, measured argument provides a fresh perspective that will benefit participants on all sides of the controversy.

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University of Illinois Press

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A Platonic Philosophy of Religion

A Process Perspective

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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A Platonic Philosophy of Religion

A Process Perspective

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A Platonic Philosophy of Religion challenges traditional views of Plato's religious thought, arguing that these overstate the case for the veneration of Being as opposed to Becoming. Daniel A. Dombrowski explores how process or neoclassical perspectives on Plato's view of God have been mostly neglected, impoverishing both our view of Plato and our view of what can be said in contemporary philosophy of religion on a Platonic basis. Looking at the largely ignored later dialogues, Dombrowski finds a dynamic theism in Plato and presents a new and very different Platonic philosophy of religion. The work's interpretive framework derives from the application of process philosophy and discusses the continuation of Plato's thought in the works of Hartshorne and Whitehead.

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A History of the Concept of God

A Process Approach

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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A History of the Concept of God

A Process Approach

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

Daniel A. Dombrowski explores the history of the concept of God from the perspective of neoclassical, or process, theism. His neoclassical approach assuages the current crisis in philosophical theism, caught between a defense of classical theism and assertions of religious skepticism. Instead, the work offers Charles Hartshorne's notion of a God who always evolves, quite unlike the allegedly perfect figure of more traditional, and increasingly unsatisfactory, accounts. Dombrowski surveys the classical theists and their roots in ancient Greek philosophy before turning to contributions from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries, ultimately discussing twenty-three thinkers. The key figures in this history are Plato, who ironically provided the philosophical basis both for classical and neoclassical concepts, and three great figures in process theism: Henri Bergson, Alfred North Whitehead, and Hartshorne. The concept of God has a rich past; this book argues that it can have a rich future as well.

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Process Philosophy and Political Liberalism

Rawls, Whitehead, Hartshorne

By: Dombrowski Daniel A. Dombrowski

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Process Philosophy and Political Liberalism

Rawls, Whitehead, Hartshorne

By: Dombrowski Daniel A. Dombrowski

Daniel A. Dombrowski brings together the thought of the 20th-century philosophy's greatest political liberal, John Rawls, with the thought of the great process philosophers, Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne. He shows that political liberalism is intimately linked with process philosophy, renaming it 'process liberalism'. He justifies this process liberalism in contrast to four potentially troublesome sources or influences: metaphysics, religion, right-wing politics and left-wing politics. Dombrowski engages a series of interlocutors and alternative positions including Franklin I. Gamwell, Timothy D. Snyder, Martin Heidegger and Karl Marx. In conclusion, he offers a compelling, intricate and resourceful argument for nonhuman animal rights based on Rawlsian principles, which in turn forms the basis of a future environmental ethics.

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Edinburgh University Press

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Whitehead's Religious Thought

From Mechanism to Organism, From Force to Persuasion

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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Whitehead's Religious Thought

From Mechanism to Organism, From Force to Persuasion

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

Presents the process theistic thought of Whitehead as a third alternative between classical theism and religious skepticism. This original interpretation of the religious thought of Alfred North Whitehead highlights Whiteheads moves from mechanism to organism, and from force to persuasion to offer a third alternative between classical theism and religious skepticism. Daniel A. Dombrowski argues that the move from force to persuasion, in particular, is not only fundamental to Whiteheads own thought and to process thought in general, but is a necessary condition for the continuing existence of civilized life. Following this line of analysis, Dombrowski demonstrates Whiteheads relevance to contemporary work in philosophy of mind, political philosophy, and environmental ethics by placing him in dialogue with six major thinkers: David Ray Griffin, Isabelle Stengers, John Rawls, Charles Hartshorne, Judith Butler, and William Wordsworth. This mature synthesis of the full range of central concerns that have played out across Dombrowskis long and extraordinarily productive career represents an important contribution to the contemporary literature of process thought. Moreover, because his work has always embraced influences from outside of the process community, this book will have the additional value of introducing many process-oriented readers to nonprocess perspectives, which Dombrowski presents with great care and accuracy. Derek Malone-France, author of Faith, Fallibility, and the Virtue of Anxiety: An Essay in Religion and Political Liberalism

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Divine Beauty

The Aesthetics of Charles Hartshorne

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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Divine Beauty

The Aesthetics of Charles Hartshorne

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

Offers the first detailed explication of Charles Hartshorne's aesthetic theory and its place within his theocentric philosophy.

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St. John of the Cross

An Appreciation

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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St. John of the Cross

An Appreciation

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

Saint John of the Cross is one of the greatest figures in the history of Western mysticism and one of the greatest poets of the Spanish language. This book examines his thought and then applies it to contemporary issues and culture. No other book engages John of the Cross with contemporary philosophy and theology.

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A History of the Concept of God

A Process Approach

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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A Process Approach

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Rawlsian Explorations in Religion and Applied Philosophy

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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Rawlsian Explorations in Religion and Applied Philosophy

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

To probe the underlying premises of a liberal political order, John Rawls felt obliged to use a philosophical method that abstracted from many of the details of ordinary life. But this very abstraction became a point of criticism, as it left unclear the implications of his theory for public policies and life in the real political world. Rawlsian Explorations in Religion and Applied Philosophy attempts to ferret out those implications, filling the gap between Rawls’s own empyrean heights and the really practical public policy proposals made by government planners, lobbyists, and legislators. Among the topics examined are natural rights, the morality of war, the treatment of mentally deficient humans and nonhuman sentient creatures, the controversies over legacy and affirmative action in college admissions, and the place of religious belief in a democratic society. The final chapter explores how Rawls’s own religious beliefs, as revealed in two works posthumously published in 2009, played into his formulation of his theory of justice.

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Process Philosophy and Political Liberalism

Rawls, Whitehead, Hartshorne

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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Process Philosophy and Political Liberalism

Rawls, Whitehead, Hartshorne

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Kazantzakis and God

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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Kazantzakis and God

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

Examines the concept of God which emerges from the writings of Nikos Kazantzakis and argues that he was a process theist.

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Babies and Beasts

The Argument from Marginal Cases

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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Babies and Beasts

The Argument from Marginal Cases

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

The Singer-Regan debate -- Reciprocity -- Frey's challenge -- The criticisms of Leahy and Carruthers -- The great ape project and slavery -- The Nozick-Rachels debate

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Analytic Theism, Hartshorne, and the Concept of God

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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Analytic Theism, Hartshorne, and the Concept of God

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Initiates and continues a dialogue regarding the concept of God in the neoclassical philosophy of Charles Hartshorne and that found in analytic philosophers who adhere to classical theism.

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0791431002

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Hartshorne and the Metaphysics of Animal Rights

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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Hartshorne and the Metaphysics of Animal Rights

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

Charles Hartshorne is one of the premier metaphysicians and philosophers of religion in the twentieth century. He has written extensively on animals, both as a philosopher of nature and as an expert on bird song. Since the publication of Creative Synthesis and Philosophic Method in 1970, he has devoted a great deal of attention to animals. Among the main issues he advances is that the relationship between human beings and animals helps us to better understand our relationship with God.

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Rawlsian Explorations in Religion and Applied Philosophy

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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Rawls and Religion

The Case for Political Liberalism

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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Rawls and Religion

The Case for Political Liberalism

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Employs the political philosophy of John Rawls to address controversies involving politics and religion.

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Contemporary Athletics & Ancient Greek Ideals

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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Contemporary Athletics & Ancient Greek Ideals

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

Despite their influence in our culture, sports inspire dramatically less philosophical consideration than such ostensibly weightier topics as religion, politics, or science. Arguing that athletic playfulness coexists with serious underpinnings, and that both demand more substantive attention, Daniel Dombrowski harnesses the insights of ancient Greek thinkers to illuminate contemporary athletics. Dombrowski contends that the ideas of Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus shed important light on issues—such as the pursuit of excellence, the concept of play, and the power of accepting physical limitations while also improving one’s body—that remain just as relevant in our sports-obsessed age as they were in ancient Greece. Bringing these concepts to bear on contemporary concerns, Dombrowski considers such questions as whether athletic competition can be a moral substitute for war, whether it necessarily constitutes war by other means, and whether it encourages fascist tendencies or ethical virtue. The first volume to philosophically explore twenty-first-century sport in the context of its ancient predecessor, Contemporary Athletics and Ancient Greek Ideals reveals that their relationship has great and previously untapped potential to inform our understanding of human nature.

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0226155498

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A Brief, Liberal, Catholic Defense of Abortion

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski,Robert John Deltete

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A Brief, Liberal, Catholic Defense of Abortion

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A Platonic Philosophy of Religion

A Process Perspective

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A Process Perspective

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Analytic Theism, Hartshorne, and the Concept of God

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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Analytic Theism, Hartshorne, and the Concept of God

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This book initiates a dialogue where one does not exist, and continues a dialogue where one has been tentatively initiated, regarding the concept of God in the neoclassical philosophy of Charles Hartshorne and that found in analytic philosophers who adhere to classical theism. Two distinctive features of the book are a careful examination of Hartshorne's use of position matrices in the philosophy of religion so as to avoid a myopic view of the theoretical options open to us, and an extended treatment of the largely uncritical appropriation by analytic theists of the Aristotelian tradition in theology, a tradition that relies on a certain form of Platonism not necessarily held by Plato.

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1438401310

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The Philosophy of Vegetarianism

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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The Philosophy of Vegetarianism

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Examines the opinions of Plato, Socrates, Pythagoras, and other ancient Greek philosophers concerning the morality of eating meat

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Rawls and Religion

The Case for Political Liberalism

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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Rawls and Religion

The Case for Political Liberalism

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Employs the political philosophy of John Rawls to address controversies involving politics and religion.

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Kazantzakis and God

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Kazantzakis and God

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Not a stage comedy, but an exploration of Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis' (1883-1957) view of God, specifically of his attempt to develop a view superior to the traditional one. Finds that he chose Plato's approach over Aristotle and that though his theism is heterodox and controversial, it is a combination of views that grow out of solidly orthodox concerns and sources. No subject index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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St. John of the Cross

An Appreciation

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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An Appreciation

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Rethinking the Ontological Argument

A Neoclassical Theistic Response

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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Rethinking the Ontological Argument

A Neoclassical Theistic Response

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

In recent years, the ontological argument and theistic metaphysics have been criticised by philosophers working in both the analytic and continental traditions. Responses to these criticisms have primarily come from philosophers who make use of the traditional, and problematic, concept of God. In this volume, Daniel A. Dombrowski defends the ontological argument against its contemporary critics, but he does so by using a neoclassical or process concept of God, thereby strengthening the case for a contemporary theistic metaphysics. Relying on the thought of Charles Hartshorne, he builds on Hartshorne's crucial distinction between divine existence and divine actuality, which enables neoclassical defenders of the ontological argument to avoid the familiar criticism that the argument moves illegitimately from an abstract concept to concrete reality. His argument, thus, avoids the problems inherent in the traditional concept of God as static.

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Cambridge University Press

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Divine Beauty

The Aesthetics of Charles Hartshorne

By: Daniel A. Dombrowski

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The Aesthetics of Charles Hartshorne

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Offers the first detailed explication of Charles Hartshorne's aesthetic theory and its place within his theocentric philosophy.

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Hartshorne and the Metaphysics of Animal Rights

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Hartshorne and the Metaphysics of Animal Rights

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Babies and Beasts

The Argument from Marginal Cases

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Babies and Beasts

The Argument from Marginal Cases

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The Singer-Regan debate -- Reciprocity -- Frey's challenge -- The criticisms of Leahy and Carruthers -- The great ape project and slavery -- The Nozick-Rachels debate

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