Turning images in philosophy, science, and religion :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
a new book of nature /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Charles Taliaferro and Jil Evans
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xi, 256 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction / Charles Taliaferro and Jil Evans -- "Loving insight" : D'Arcy Thompson's Aristotle and the soul in nature / Martin Kemp -- Early scientific images of God : Descartes, Hobbes, and Newton / Geoffrey Gorham -- Darwinian tensions / Anthony O'Hear -- Evolutionary emergence of intentionality and imagination / Dale Jacquette -- Naturalism, imagination, and the scientific worldview / E.J. Lowe -- Homo imaginans and the concursus divinus / Douglas Hedley -- Aesthetics, phantasia, and the theistic / Daniel N. Robinson -- Naturalism lost : nature regained / Conor Cunningham -- The sacred beauty of nature / Gordon Graham -- Imaging religious thoughts in the appearance of sensory things / Mark Wynn -- Re-imaging the Galapagos / Jil Evans
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"The debate between "new atheists" and religious apologists today is often hostile. This book sets a new tone by locating the debate between theism and naturalism (most "new atheists" are self-described "naturalists") in the broader context of reflection on imagination and aesthetics. The eleven essays will be of interest to anyone who is fascinated by the power of imagination and the role of aesthetics in deciding between worldviews or philosophies of nature. Representing a variety of points of view, authors include outstanding philosophers of religion and of science, a distinguished art historian, and a visual artist."--Dust jacket
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"The debate between "new atheists" and religious apologists today is often hostile. This book sets a new tone by locating the debate between theism and naturalism (most "new atheists" are self-described "naturalists") in the broader context of reflection on imagination and aesthetics. The eleven essays will be of interest to anyone who is fascinated by the power of imagination and the role of aesthetics in deciding between worldviews or philosophies of nature. Representing a variety of points of view, authors include outstanding philosophers of religion and of science, a distinguished art historian, and a visual artist."--Dust jacket