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Charles Hartshorne and the Existence of God

By: Donald Wayne Viney

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Charles Hartshorne and the Existence of God

By: Donald Wayne Viney

In a lucid and comprehensive study, Professor Viney presents an excellent critical analysis of Hartshornes thought about God. Demonstrating his thesis from many points of view (ontological, cosmological, teleological, moral, aesthetic, etc.), Viney deftly illustrates Hartshornes belief that any one argument for God is inconclusive, but that many woven together make up a convincing interpretative expression of the world.

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0873959086

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Novelty

By: Donald A. Crosby

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Novelty

By: Donald A. Crosby

The question of causality has haunted the history of Western metaphysics since the time of the Pre-Socratic philosophy. Hand-in-hand with attempts to address this question is the promise of unlocking larger and more complicated questions pertaining to human freedom. But what of novelty? In this brilliant extended essay Donald A. Crosby contends that though novelty can't be comprehended without efficient causality, causality requires a concept of novelty; without it cause and effect relations are unintelligible and, indeed, impossible. Crosby, in an excellent, strong, and controversial way makes the claim that freedom is consciously directed novelty. In this way, novelty is distinctive; it is not to be mistaken with either unexpected intersections of causal chains or chaos. Crosby exposes the reality of novelty throughout the book and how it applies to time, possibility, forms of materiality and embodiment, the emergence of life from nonlife, the evloution and nature of consciousness, the methods and goals of education, the character of human history and the task of historians, and also the traits of a good society. In situating novelty so firmly in the crevices of daily life, Crosby connects it to our concept of ourself, our freedom, and how we understand our relationship to the world. Through masterful readings of Isaiah Berlin, Buber, Descartes, Plato, Smart, Whitehead, and especially Henri Bergson Donald Crosby sheds new light on an elusive yet foundational concept in the history of Western thought. This book is essential to process philosophy, humanism, existentialism, philosophy of mind and consciousness, and continental thought in general.

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Lexington Books

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0739109847

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Liquid Crystalline Polymers

By: A. M. Donald,A. H. Windle,S. Hanna

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Liquid Crystalline Polymers

By: A. M. Donald,A. H. Windle,S. Hanna

A 2006 edition explaining the underlying science and applications of liquid crystalline polymers.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521580013

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9780521580014

Charles Hartshorne and the Existence of God

By: Donald Wayne Viney

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Charles Hartshorne and the Existence of God

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In a lucid and comprehensive study, Professor Viney presents an excellent critical analysis of Hartshorne's thought about God. Demonstrating his thesis from many points of view (ontological, cosmological, teleological, moral, aesthetic, etc.), Viney deftly illustrates Hartshorne's belief that any one argument for God is inconclusive, but that many woven together make up a convincing interpretative expression of the world.

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0873959078

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The Gracing of Human Experience

Rethinking the Relationship between Nature and Grace

By: Donald L. Gelpi SJ

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The Gracing of Human Experience

Rethinking the Relationship between Nature and Grace

By: Donald L. Gelpi SJ

This study ponders different ways Christian thinkers understood humanity in its relationship to divine grace. It names fallacies that have in the past skewed theological understanding of that relationship. It argues that the philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce avoided those same fallacies and provides a novel frame of reference for rethinking the theology of grace. The author shows how the insights of other American philosophers flesh out undeveloped aspects of Peirce's thought. He formulates a metaphysics of experience derived from his philosophical analysis. Finally, he develops an understanding of supernatural grace as the transmutation and transvaluation of human experience.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1725220431

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9781725220430

The Gracing of Human Experience

Rethinking the Relationship between Nature and Grace

By: Donald L. Gelpi

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The Gracing of Human Experience

Rethinking the Relationship between Nature and Grace

By: Donald L. Gelpi

This study ponders different ways Christian thinkers understood humanity in its relationship to divine grace. It names fallacies that have in the past skewed theological understanding of that relationship. It argues that the philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce avoided those same fallacies and provides a novel frame of reference for rethinking the theology of grace. The author shows how the insights of other American philosophers flesh out undeveloped aspects of PeirceÕs thought. He formulates a metaphysics of experience derived from his philosophical analysis. Finally, he develops an understanding of supernatural grace as the transmutation and transvaluation of human experience.

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1556355939

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9781556355936

The Philosophy of William James

Radical Empiricism and Radical Materialism

By: Donald A. Crosby

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The Philosophy of William James

Radical Empiricism and Radical Materialism

By: Donald A. Crosby

This book focuses on William James' philosophy as it relates to his conceptions of ordinary experience, the respective natures of self and the world, and the interrelations of these three things.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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1442223057

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9781442223059

A Religion of Nature

By: Donald A. Crosby

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A Religion of Nature

By: Donald A. Crosby

The beauty, sublimity, and wonder of nature have been justly celebrated in all of the religious traditions of the world, but usually these traditions have focused on beings or powers presumed to lie behind nature, providing nature's ultimate explanation and meaning. In a radical departure, Donald A. Crosby makes an eloquent case for regarding nature itself as the focus of religion, conceived without God, gods, or animating spirits of any kind, and argues that nature is metaphysically ultimate. He explores the concept of nature, the place of humans in nature, the responsibilities of humans to one another and to their natural environments, and offers a religious vision that grants to nature the kind of reverence, awe, love, and devotion formerly reserved for God. Crosby also shares his personal journey from theistic faith to a religion of nature.

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State University of New York Press

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0791488195

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9780791488195

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Charles Hartshorne and the Existence of God

Charles Hartshorne and the Existence of God

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Novelty

Liquid Crystalline Polymers

Liquid Crystalline Polymers

Charles Hartshorne and the Existence of God

Charles Hartshorne and the Existence of God

The Gracing of Human Experience

The Gracing of Human Experience

The Gracing of Human Experience

The Gracing of Human Experience

The Philosophy of William James

The Philosophy of William James

A Religion of Nature

A Religion of Nature

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