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Knowledge and the transcendent : an inquiry into the mind's relationship to God / Paul A. Macdonald, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Macdonald, Paul A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
- Thomas.
- Philosophical theology.
- Knowledge, Theory of (Religion).
- Philosophy of mind.
- Transcendence of God.
- Transcendence (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (332 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Knowledge and the Transcendent advances the provocative claim that the human mind is not "bounded" on the outside but actually remains "open" to the world and to God.
- Contents:
- Pitfalls in modern epistemology
- Skepticism and subjectivism in modern thought
- Challenging modern skepticism and subjectivism
- The contribution of Thomistic epistemology
- Direct realism and Aquinas's account of cognition
- Having God in view : direct realism and the beatific vision
- Realist epistemologies of reason and faith
- Applications in Thomistic epistemology
- Rehabilitating objectivity in the knowledge of God
- In defense of a realist interpretation of theology.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-1893-4
- OCLC:
- 922996847
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