Reforming Philosophy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reforming Philosophy write by Laura J. Snyder. This book was released on 2010-11-15. Reforming Philosophy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Victorian period in Britain was an “age of reform.” It is therefore not surprising that two of the era’s most eminent intellects described themselves as reformers. Both William Whewell and John Stuart Mill believed that by reforming philosophy—including the philosophy of science—they could effect social and political change. But their divergent visions of this societal transformation led to a sustained and spirited controversy that covered morality, politics, science, and economics. Situating their debate within the larger context of Victorian society and its concerns, Reforming Philosophy shows how two very different men captured the intellectual spirit of the day and engaged the attention of other scientists and philosophers, including the young Charles Darwin. Mill—philosopher, political economist, and Parliamentarian—remains a canonical author of Anglo-American philosophy, while Whewell—Anglican cleric, scientist, and educator—is now often overlooked, though in his day he was renowned as an authority on science. Placing their teachings in their proper intellectual, cultural, and argumentative spheres, Laura Snyder revises the standard views of these two important Victorian figures, showing that both men’s concerns remain relevant today. A philosophically and historically sensitive account of the engagement of the major protagonists of Victorian British philosophy, Reforming Philosophy is the first book-length examination of the dispute between Mill and Whewell in its entirety. A rich and nuanced understanding of the intellectual spirit of Victorian Britain, it will be welcomed by philosophers and historians of science, scholars of Victorian studies, and students of the history of philosophy and political economy.
Reforming Modernity
Reforming Modernity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reforming Modernity write by Wael B. Hallaq. This book was released on 2019-11-12. Reforming Modernity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Reforming Modernity is a sweeping intellectual history and philosophical reflection built around the work of the Morocco-based philosopher Abdurrahman Taha, one of the most significant philosophers in the Islamic world since the colonial era. Wael B. Hallaq contends that Taha is at the forefront of forging a new, non-Western-centric philosophical tradition. He explores how Taha’s philosophical project sheds light on recent intellectual currents in the Islamic world and puts forth a formidable critique of Western and Islamic modernities. Hallaq argues that Taha’s project departs from—but leaves behind—the epistemological grounds in which most modern Muslim intellectuals have anchored their programs. Taha systematically rejects the modes of thought that have dominated the Muslim intellectual scene since the beginning of the twentieth century—nationalism, Marxism, secularism, political Islamism, and liberalism. Instead, he provides alternative ways of thinking, forcefully and virtuosically developing an ethical system with a view toward reforming existing modernities. Hallaq analyzes the ethical thread that runs throughout Taha’s oeuvre, illuminating how Taha weaves it into a discursive engagement with the central questions that plague modernity in both the West and the Muslim world. The first introduction to Taha’s ethical philosophy for Western audiences, Reforming Modernity presents his complex thought in an accessible way while engaging with it critically. Hallaq’s conversation with Taha’s work both proffers a cogent critique of modernity and points toward answers for its endemic and seemingly insoluble problems.
A Philosophical View of Reform
A Philosophical View of Reform - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Philosophical View of Reform write by Percy Bysshe Shelley. This book was released on 1920. A Philosophical View of Reform available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Reforming Theological Anthropology
Reforming Theological Anthropology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reforming Theological Anthropology write by F. LeRon Shults. This book was released on 2003-02-20. Reforming Theological Anthropology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With the profound changes in today's intellectual and scientific landscape, traditional ways of speaking about human nature, sin, and the image of God have lost their explanatory power. In this volume F.LeRon Shults explores the challenges to and opportunities for rethinking current religious views of humankind in contemporary Western culture. From philosophy to theology, from physics to psychology, we find a turn to the categories of "relationality." Shults briefly traces this history from Aristotle to Levinas, showing its impact on the Christian doctrine of anthropology, and he argues that the biblical understanding of humanity has much to contribute to today's dialogue on persons and on human becoming in relation to God and others. Shults's work stands as a potent effort to reform theological anthropology in a way that restores its relevance to contemporary interpretations of the world and our place in it.
A Philosophical View of Reform
A Philosophical View of Reform - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Philosophical View of Reform write by Percy Bysshe Shelley. This book was released on 1920. A Philosophical View of Reform available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
