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Title Idealism and Christian philosophy / edited by Steven B. Cowan and James S. Spiegel.

Publication Info. New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Idealism and Christianity ; volume 2
Idealism and Christianity ; v. 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Half title; Series; Title; Imprint; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Idealism and Christian Philosophy; The relevance of idealism to Christian philosophy; Aims of the book and a note on terminology; Chapter previews; 1 Idealism and the Reasonableness of Theistic Belief; The Berkeleyan thesis: Esse est percipi, aut percipere; Implications of idealism regarding evidence for God; Some concerns regarding the problem of evil; Conclusion; 2 Idealism and the Nature of Truth; Alston's Realist Conception of Truth; Realism and Berkeleyan idealism.
Possible and actual ideas in the mind of GodAn idealist CT; Conclusion; 3 What Is that Stone? Idealism and Particulars; The bundle theory and its problems; The substratum theory and its problems; The substance theory; A Berkeleyan account of particulars; Conclusion; 4 Idealism and Perception: Why Berkeleyan Idealism Is Not as Counterintuitive as It Seems; The choices facing common sense; Is what lies behind experience just a framework of law?; Idealism and the common sense view of physical objects; Scientific realism and common sense; 5 Idealism and the Mind-Body Problem.
The primacy of the mentalIdealism and the primacy of the mental; Idealism and the future of the mind-body problem; The importance of idealism; 6 Idealism and the Nature of God; Pantheism; Panentheism; Conclusion; 7 God, Idealism, and Time: A Berkeleyan Approach to Old Questions; God; Idealism and God; Time; God and time; God, idealism, and time; On the impossibility of multiple, independent, distinct a-series; On the impossibility of interaction between distinct time series; Omnipotence and accidental impossibility; Conclusion; 8 Idealism and Science.
Berkeley's phenomenalist philosophy of scienceLess than ideal reasons for taking Berkeley seriously on science; Conclusion; 9 Immaterialism, Miracles, and the Laws of Nature; Miracles and materialism; Miracles and divine contravention: The traditional view; Miracles and natural law; The materialist and creation; The immaterialist alternative: Miracle as creation; 10 What's the Point? Idealism and the Moral Life; Intrinsic value in the universe; The moral goal of the universe; Creativity and change; Appreciation and understanding; Synergy and empathy; Christian idealism; Notes on Contributors.
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Subject Idealism.
Idealism.
Philosophy and religion.
Philosophy and religion.
Christian philosophy.
Christian philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Cowan, Steven B., 1962- editor.
Other Form: Print version: Idealism and Christian philosophy 9781628924060 (DLC) 2015027493 (OCoLC)908262564
ISBN 9781628924084 (electronic book)
162892408X (electronic book)
9781628924077
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9781628924060
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