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Knowledge and the Transcendent: An Inquiry into the Mind's Relationship to God
Paul A. Macdonald
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Description for Knowledge and the Transcendent: An Inquiry into the Mind's Relationship to God
Hardcover. Dealing with the claim that the human mind is not 'bounded' on the outside but actually remains 'open' to the world and to God, this book argues that Thomas Aquinas, as properly interpreted, provides philosophical resources for rehabilitating the mind's relationship to God and thus safeguarding our knowledge of transcendent being and truth. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HRLB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
There has been a distinct trend in modern thought to be deeply suspicious and critical of the human mind's ability to gain genuine access to any reality that transcends the world or the mind. As such, much modern reflection on the mind's relationship to a transcendent God has either banished God from the realm of the cognitively accessible or found ways to evacuate God of his transcendence, and reduce God to a concept or idea in the mind. In this book, Paul Macdonald directly challenges negative modern understandings of the mind's relationship to God. ""Knowledge and the Transcendent"" advances the ... Read more
There has been a distinct trend in modern thought to be deeply suspicious and critical of the human mind's ability to gain genuine access to any reality that transcends the world or the mind. As such, much modern reflection on the mind's relationship to a transcendent God has either banished God from the realm of the cognitively accessible or found ways to evacuate God of his transcendence, and reduce God to a concept or idea in the mind. In this book, Paul Macdonald directly challenges negative modern understandings of the mind's relationship to God. ""Knowledge and the Transcendent"" advances the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813215778
SKU
V9780813215778
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About Paul A. Macdonald
Paul A. Macdonald Jr. is assistant professor of religion at Bucknell University.
Reviews for Knowledge and the Transcendent: An Inquiry into the Mind's Relationship to God
A lucid, systematic, brilliant defense of the coherence and plausibility of realist philosophical theology and a decisive critique of anti-realism and skepticism. This is an ideal text insofar as it engages contemporary debate while drawing on the history of philosophy, especially the work of Aquinas, to shed light on the philosophy of God, epistemology, and theories of human nature. This ... Read more