Humanism and embodiment : from cause and effect to secularism / Susan E. Babbitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Babbitt, Susan E., author.

Series:

Bloomsbury research in analytic philosophy.

Bloomsbury research in analytic philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Analysis (Philosophy).

Humanism.

Realism.

Secularism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A live issue in anthropology and development studies, humanism is not typically addressed by analytic philosophers. Arguing for humanism as a view about truths, Humanism and Embodiment insists that disembodied reason, not religion, should be the target of secularists promoting freedom of enquiry and human community. Susan Babbitt's original study presents humanism as a meta-ethical view, paralleling naturalistic realism in recent analytic epistemology and philosophy of science. Considering the nature of knowledge, particularly the radical contingency of knowledge claims upon causal mechanisms, religious thinkers like Thomas Merton and Ivan Illich offer more scientific conceptions of practical deliberation than are offered by some non-religious ethicists. Drawing on philosophical sources such as Marxism, Buddhism and Christianity, this original study considers implications of an embodied conception of reason, revealing philosophical, practical and political implications."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Humanism and embodiment: three sources

Humanism and global development ethics

Alienation and authenticity

Mystics, anti-imperialists, and fear of contingency

Secularism, ethics, philosophy: against philosophical liberalism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472594310

1472594312

9781472531926

1472531922

9781472531971

1472531973

OCLC:

944225501