Philosophy of Religion

Informationen zum Autor John Cottingham is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Reading; Professorial Research Fellow at Heythrop College, University of London; and an honorary fellow of St John's College, Oxford. He has served as chairman of the British Society for the History of Philosophy, president of the Mind Association, president of the Aristotelian Society and president of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion. He was also editor of Ratio, the international journal of analytic philosophy, from 1993 to 2012. Professor Cottingham's books include Descartes (1986), The Rationalists (1988), Reason, Will and Sensation (1994), Western Philosophy: An Anthology, 2nd edition (2007), Philosophy and the Good Life: Reason and the Passions in Greek, Cartesian and Psychoanalytic Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 1998), On the Meaning of Life (2003), The Spiritual Dimension (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Cartesian Reflections (2008) and Why Believe? (2009). He is co-translator of the standard three-volume Cambridge edition of The Philosophical Writings of Descartes (1985-91). The Moral Life, a collection of essays honoring his work on moral philosophy and philosophy of religion, was published in 2008. Klappentext In this book, abstract intellectual argument meets ordinary human experience on matters such as the existence of God and the relation between religion and morality. Zusammenfassung In this book, abstract intellectual argument meets ordinary human experience on matters such as the existence of God and the relation between religion and morality. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Method; 2. Metaphysics; 3. Meaning and modes of access; 4. Morality; 5. Misfortune and misery; 6. Mortality and meaningfulness; 7. Mathesis; 8. Conclusion: humane philosophizing about religion.

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John Cottingham is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Reading, Professorial Research Fellow at Heythrop College, University of London, and an Honorary Fellow of St John's College, Oxford. He has held visiting appointments in the United States (Fulbright Scholar) and New Zealand (Erskine Fellowship) and has served as Chairman of the British Society for the History of Philosophy, as President of the Mind Association, and as President of the Aristotelian Society. From 1993-2012 he was Editor of Ratio, the international journal of analytic philosophy. From 2007-9 he was President of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion and is a life member of the Council of the Society.

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In this book, abstract intellectual argument meets ordinary human experience on matters such as the existence of God and the relation between religion and morality.

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1. Method; 2. Metaphysics; 3. Meaning and modes of access; 4. Morality; 5. Misfortune and misery; 6. Mortality and meaningfulness; 7. Mathesis; 8. Conclusion: humane philosophizing about religion.