The Myth of Religious Neutrality, Revised Edition: An Essay on the Hidden Role of Religious Belief in Theories
TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION -- FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- I. RELIGION -- 2. WHAT IS RELIGION? -- 2.1 The Problem -- 2.2 A Resolution -- 2.3 Some Clarifications -- 2.4 Replies to Objections -- 2.5 Some Auxiliary Definitions -- 2....
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| Langue: | Anglais |
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Notre Dame IN
University of Notre Dame Press
2005
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| Dans: | Année: 2005 |
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| Édition parallèle: | Print version: Clouser, Roy A: The Myth of Religious Neutrality, Revised Edition : An Essay on the Hidden Role of Religious Belief in Theories. - Notre Dame IN : University of Notre Dame Press,c2005 |
| Résumé: | TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION -- FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- I. RELIGION -- 2. WHAT IS RELIGION? -- 2.1 The Problem -- 2.2 A Resolution -- 2.3 Some Clarifications -- 2.4 Replies to Objections -- 2.5 Some Auxiliary Definitions -- 2.6 Are All Non-Dependence Beliefs Religious? -- 3. TYPES OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF -- 3.1 The Basis for Typing Religions -- 3.2 The Pagan Type -- 3.3 The Pantheistic Type -- 3.4 The Biblical Type -- 3.5 Why Think Anything Is Divine at All? -- II. THEORIES -- 4. WHAT IS A THEORY? -- 4.1 Introduction 4.2 What Is a Theory? -- 4.3 Abstraction -- 4.4 Aspects of Experience -- 4.5 Types of Theories -- 4.6 Criteria for Judging Theories -- 5. THEORIES AND RELIGION: THE ALTERNATIVES -- 5.1 Religious Irrationalism -- 5.2 Religious Rationalism -- 5.3 The Radically Biblical Position -- 5.4 Religious Scholasticism -- 5.5 The Conflict of These Alternatives -- 6. THE IDEA OF RELIGIOUS CONTROL -- 6.1 The Mistake of Fundamentalism -- 6.2 Presupposition -- III. A CASEBOOK -- 7. THEORIES IN MATHEMATICS -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Number-World Theory -- 7.3 The Theory of J. S. Mill 7.4 The Theory of Russell -- 7.5 The Theory of Dewey -- 7.6 What Difference Do Such Theories Make? -- 7.7 The Role of Religion in These Theories -- 8. THEORIES IN PHYSICS -- 8.1 Some Misunderstandings to Avoid -- 8.2 The Theory of Mach -- 8.3 The Theory of Einstein -- 8.4 The Theory of Heisenberg -- 8.5 What Difference Do Such Theories Make? -- 8.6 The Role of Religion in These Theories -- 9. THEORIES IN PSYCHOLOGY -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 The Theories of Watson, Thorndike, and Skinner -- 9.3 The Theories of Adler and Fromm -- 9.4 Human Nature -- 10. THE NEED FOR A NEW BEGINNING 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Why Are Theories Unavoidably Regulated by Some Divinity Belief? -- 10.3 A Philosophical Critique of Reduction as a Strategy for Theories -- 10.4 A Religious Critique of Reduction as a Strategy for Theories -- 10.5 The Cappadocian and Reformational Theological Traditions -- 10.6 Replies to Objections -- 10.7 Conclusion -- IV. NON-REDUCTIONIST THEORIES -- 11. A NON-REDUCTIONIST THEORY OF REALITY -- 11.1 The Project of Non-Reductionist Theories -- 11.2 Some Guiding Principles -- 11.3 The Framework of Laws Theory -- 11.4 The Natures of Things 12. A NON-REDUCTIONIST THEORY OF SOCIETY -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Fact Versus Norm -- 12.3 Individualism Versus Collectivism -- 12.4 Parts and Wholes -- 12.5 Sphere Sovereignty -- 13. A NON-REDUCTIONIST THEORY OF THE STATE -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 The Nature of The State: What It Is -- 13.3 The Nature of The State: What It Is Not -- 13.4 Postscript -- AFTERWORD -- NOTES -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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| ISBN: | 0268023662 |