Hugo Anthony Meynell's Books

In a contemporary climate that dismisses philosophy as an outmoded and increasingly useless discipline, philosophers have been forced to reconsider much that they have taken for granted. Scholar Hugo Meynell's insightful reassessment of the foundations and nature of knowledge is a stunning response to that demand.

The Nature of Aesthetic Value proposes that aesthetic goodness, the property in virtue of which works of art are valuable, is a matter of their capacity in appropriate circumstances to give satisfaction. It inquires into the nature of this satisfaction, arguing that it consists of the extension and clarification of consciousness. This provides a basis for treatment of the ancient problem of the relation between cultivation of the arts and the pursuit and maintenance of the true and the good. The book summarizes critics' judgments and arguments on literature, the visual arts, and music, testing the author's theory about the nature of aesthetic opinion.

An excellent introductory survey which combines brevity, lucidity and adequate documentation with critical reflection.

Hugo Meynell offers a clear, straightforward overview and analysis of Bernard Lonergan's efforts to articulate and reassess Christian doctrines in light of modern science and philosophy. In the course of his study, Meynell provides both an introduction to the key writings of Lonergan (including yet untranslated works in Latin) and a specific analysis of Lonergan's views on theological method, epistemology, Christology, and the Doctrine of the Trinity.

An excellent introductory survey which combines brevity, lucidity and adequate documentation with critical reflection.

With his extraordinary command over English and his ability to transmit ideas clearly, Meynell takes on the concept of atheism and what he labels as SchleiermacherOCOs cultured OCydespisers of religionOCO. He argues that the concept of God is a rational belief and that the awareness of divinity illuminates the path for science. Not only does Meynell defend the existence of God, but also Christianity itself. He describes it as a form of dispensation to meet our human condition which acts as a substitute to the atheistic materialist alternative. Meynell adds that there is much to be learned from other religions and that religion can co-exist with critical philosophy and science.

Book's by Hugo Anthony Meynell

Redirecting Philosophy

Redirecting Philosophy

The Nature of Aesthetic Value

The Nature of Aesthetic Value

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Bernard Lonergan

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Bernard Lonergan

The Theology of Bernard Lonergan

The Theology of Bernard Lonergan

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Bernard Lonergan

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Bernard Lonergan

The Nature of Aesthetic Value

The Nature of Aesthetic Value

Redirecting Philosophy

Redirecting Philosophy

The Epistemological Argument Against Atheism

The Epistemological Argument Against Atheism

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