Nature, Truth, and Value
Exploring the Thinking of Frederick FerrZ
Published on 7. September 2005
Book
Hardback
382 pages
978-0-7391-1170-3 (ISBN)
Description
In Nature, Truth, and Value nineteen scholars writing from across the humanities and sciences challenge the reigning theoretical and philosophical enterprises of deconstruction and postmodernism. With great erudition, ambition, and daring, all contributions have one thread in common-their abiding interest in the work of Frederick Ferre, a thinker whose passion for intellectual inquiry remains unsurpassed. More specifically Nature, Truth, and Value is an exploration of Ferre's idea that traditional dichotomies are dead, that we all are a part of nature, that truth is one, and that value is ultimate. Ferre's colleagues and friends, writing here in this volume, have all been inspired to develop his ideas which have become, now more than ever, critical issues in a broken and fragmented world. This book represents a deep exploration of Ferre's ideas and is indispensable to the fields of philosophy, theology, ethics, and environmental studies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
769 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7391-1170-3 (9780739111703)
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George Allan is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Dickinson College.
Merle Allshouse was Academic Dean, Professor of Philosophy, and finally President at Bloomfield College. Currently he is Director, the Academy of Senior Professionals at Eckerd College
Merle Allshouse was Academic Dean, Professor of Philosophy, and finally President at Bloomfield College. Currently he is Director, the Academy of Senior Professionals at Eckerd College
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 On the Soul
Chapter 3 Ferre's Postmodern Metaphysical Support for the Soul
Chapter 4 Explorations in Personalistic Organicism
Chapter 5 Human Reality and The Form of the Good
Chapter 6 The Emergentist Alternative: A Critique of Pansubjectivism
Chapter 7 Philosophy of Religion After Postmodernism
Chapter 8 The Process of Wisdom: Understanding the Contours of Ferre's Being and Value
Chapter 9 Frederick Ferre's Epistemic Norms Interpret Evolution
Chapter 10 Metaphor and the Limits of Language
Chapter 11 Is Ecology a Postmodern Science?
Chapter 12 Ferre's Organismic Theory of Natural Values
Chapter 13 Value in Nature: The Contribution of Frederick Ferre to Environmental Philosophy
Chapter 14 Theism and the Crisis in Moral Theory: Rethinking Modern Autonomy
Chapter 15 God Revisited
Chapter 16 Ferre Without God: A Shift to a Neo-Whiteheadian Humanistic Naturalism
Chapter 17 A Lamp to Our Doubts: Ferre, Hartshorne, and Theistic Arguments
Chapter 18 Metascience, Technique and Radiobiology: Using a Contemporary Case to Investigate Ferre's Account of "Technolatry"
Chapter 19 Frederick Ferre and Pragmatist Activism
Chapter 20 Global Enviormental Givernance: Why We Need a World Environment Organization
Chapter 21 On Listening
Chapter 22 A Brief Ode to an Intellectual Otter
Chapter 23 Frederick Ferre as Mensch: The Personal Side(s) of an Active Scholar
Chapter 24 Biographical Essay
Chapter 2 On the Soul
Chapter 3 Ferre's Postmodern Metaphysical Support for the Soul
Chapter 4 Explorations in Personalistic Organicism
Chapter 5 Human Reality and The Form of the Good
Chapter 6 The Emergentist Alternative: A Critique of Pansubjectivism
Chapter 7 Philosophy of Religion After Postmodernism
Chapter 8 The Process of Wisdom: Understanding the Contours of Ferre's Being and Value
Chapter 9 Frederick Ferre's Epistemic Norms Interpret Evolution
Chapter 10 Metaphor and the Limits of Language
Chapter 11 Is Ecology a Postmodern Science?
Chapter 12 Ferre's Organismic Theory of Natural Values
Chapter 13 Value in Nature: The Contribution of Frederick Ferre to Environmental Philosophy
Chapter 14 Theism and the Crisis in Moral Theory: Rethinking Modern Autonomy
Chapter 15 God Revisited
Chapter 16 Ferre Without God: A Shift to a Neo-Whiteheadian Humanistic Naturalism
Chapter 17 A Lamp to Our Doubts: Ferre, Hartshorne, and Theistic Arguments
Chapter 18 Metascience, Technique and Radiobiology: Using a Contemporary Case to Investigate Ferre's Account of "Technolatry"
Chapter 19 Frederick Ferre and Pragmatist Activism
Chapter 20 Global Enviormental Givernance: Why We Need a World Environment Organization
Chapter 21 On Listening
Chapter 22 A Brief Ode to an Intellectual Otter
Chapter 23 Frederick Ferre as Mensch: The Personal Side(s) of an Active Scholar
Chapter 24 Biographical Essay