History, Religion, and Spiritual Democracy Essays in Honor of Joseph L. Blau / Maurice Wohlgelernter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blumenthal, David R.

Hare, Peter H.

Martin, James A.

Radest, Howard B.

Wohlgelernter, Maurice, editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1980]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A collection of essays by the students of Joseph L. Blau in honor of their professor on the topics of the philosophy of religion, the history and philosophy of Judaism, American philosophy, and social philosophy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Joseph L. Blau: In Appreciation / Baron, Salo W. / Buchler, Justus / Gutmann, James / Kristeller, Paul O. / Schneider, Herbert W.

Introduction. Joseph Leon Blau: Four Ways of Religion and Philosophy / Wohlgelernter, Maurice

One. Naturalism and Super naturali sm Revisited

Introduction

1. John Dewey: The Evolution of a Faith / Rockefeller, Steven C.

2. "The God of Our Children": The Humanist Reconstruction of God / Bulman, Raymond F.

3. The Supernatural in the Naturalists / Shea, William M.

4. The Esthetic, the Religious, and the Natural / Martin, James A.

Two. Perspectives on the History of Judaism

5. Dating a Mishnah-Tractate: The Case of Tamid / Neusner, Jacob

6. The Creator and the Computer / Blumenthal, David R.

7. Martin Buber and the No-Self Perspective / Wyschogrod, Edith

Three. American Philosophical Reflections

8. Asa Mahan and the Oberlin Philosophy / Madden, Edward H.

9. Spires of Influence: The Importance of Emerson for Classical American Philosophy / Mcdermott, John J.

10. Santayana and the Ideal of Reason / Greenlee, Douglas

11. The Development of William James's Epistemological Realism / Hare, Peter H. / Chakrabarti, Chandana

Four. The Teacher As Moral Agent

12. The New Censors of Science / Kurtz, Paul

13. Equality and Excellence in the Democratic Ideal / Norton, David L.

14. Toward a Post-Enlightenment Doctrine of Human Rights / Shinn, Roger L.

15. Schooling and the Search for a Usable Politics / Radest, Howard B.

Joseph L. Blau: A Bibliography / Dekay, Sam

Index

Notes on Contributors

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780231883788

0231883781

OCLC:

1100450464