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THE IMAGE IN MIND
THEISM, NATURALISM, AND THE IMAGINATION |
| By: |
Jil Evans, Charles Taliaferro |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£140.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1847064825 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781847064820 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
30 December, 2010 |
| Series: |
Continuum Studies in Philosophy of Religion |
| Pages: |
222 |
| 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: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
1, black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |