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THE IMAGE IN MIND
THEISM, NATURALISM, AND THE IMAGINATION |
| By: |
Jil Evans, Charles Taliaferro |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£54.17 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1441168117 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781441168115 |
| Publisher: |
CONTINUUM PUBLISHING CORPORATION |
| Pub. date: |
10 January, 2011 |
| Series: |
Continuum Studies in Philosophy |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
A philosophical inquiry into the strengths and weaknesses of theism and naturalism in accounting for the emergence of consciousness, the visual imagination and aesthetic values. It offers an account of modern scientific practice which gives a central place to the visual imagination and aesthetic values. |
| Synopsis: |
This is a philosophical inquiry into the strengths and weaknesses of theism and naturalism in accounting for the emergence of consciousness, the visual imagination and aesthetic values. The authors begin by offering an account of modern scientific practice which gives a central place to the visual imagination and aesthetic values. They then move to test the explanatory power of naturalism and theism in accounting for consciousness and the very visual imagination and aesthetic values that lie behind and define modern science. Taliaferro and Evans argue that evolutionary biology alone is insufficient to account for consciousness, the visual imagination and aesthetic values. Insofar as naturalism is compelled to go beyond evolutionary biology, it does not fare as well as theism in terms of explanatory power. "Continuum Studies in Philosophy of Religion" presents scholarly monographs offering cutting-edge research and debate to students and scholars in philosophy of religion.The series engages with the central questions and issues within the field, including the problem of evil, the cosmological, teleological, moral, and ontological arguments for the existence of God, divine foreknowledge, and the coherence of theism. It also incorporates volumes on the following metaphysical issues as and when they directly impact on the philosophy of religion: the existence and nature of the soul, the existence and nature of free will, natural law, the meaning of life, and science and religion. |
| Illustrations: |
6 bw illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Continuum Publishing Corporation |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |