Jonathan Edwards and the limits of enlightenment philosophy / Leon Chai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chai, Leon, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.

Enlightenment.

Knowledge, Theory of--History--18th century.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)--History--18th century.

Knowledge, Theory of (Religion).

Local Subjects:

Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jonathan Edwards has most often been considered in the context of the Puritanism of New England. In many ways, however, he was closer to the thinkers of the European Enlightenment. Leon looks at that connection, analyzing Edwards' thought on many issues.

Contents:

Contents; Introductory; I: The Problem of Sensation; 1 The Argument for Empiricism; 2 Religious Affections; II: Ideas, Objects, Mind; 3 Idea and Object; 4 Idealism; III: The Ends of Causal Analysis; 5 Causation; 6 Freedom of the Will; Conclusion; Epilogue; Notes; Primary Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773978-4

1-280-47141-7

0-19-535311-0

0-585-35416-2

OCLC:

476008268