Recovering Nature : Essays in Natural Philosophy, Ethics, and Metaphysics in Honor of Ralph McInerny / edited by Ralph McInerny, Thomas S. Hibbs, John O'Callaghan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Callaghan, John, editor.

Hibbs, Thomas S., editor.

McInerny, Ralph, 1929-2010, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy of nature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 271 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Recovering Nature

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 1999.

Summary:

The recovery of nature has been a unifying and enduring aim of the writings of Ralph McInerny, Michael P.Grace Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Notre Dame, director of the Jacques Maritain Center, former director of the Medieval Institute, and author of numerous works in philosophy, literature, and journalism.

Contents:

COVER

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Part I: Natural Philosophy

1 Quantification in Sixteenth Century Natural Philosophy

2 The Failure of Positivism and the Enduring Legacy of Comte

3 The Philosophies of Mind and Nature

4 Persons and Things

Part II: Ethics

5 John Case: An Example of Aristotelianism's Self-Subversion?

6 Keeping Virtue in Its Place: A Critique of Subordinating Strategies

7 Deliberation about Final Ends: Thomistic Considerations

8 Moral Terminology and Proportionalism

9 The Gospels, Natural Law, and the American Founding

10 Mclnerny Did It, or Should a Pacifist Read Murder Mysteries?

Part III: Metaphysics

11 Religious Pluralism and Natural Theology

12 Reid, Hume, and God

13 Two Roles for Catholic Philosophers

14 From Analogy of "Being" to the Analogy of Being

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

0-268-09163-3

OCLC:

961065031