Measure of Things - Humanism, Humility, and Mystery

Zusatztext ...rich, subtle and hugely ambitious book...Grand scheme, rich in detail, by turns meditative and aggressively analytic, unhurried yet purposive, it is, in short, a book of the highest insight about metaphysics and the meaning of life...prospective readers should notunderestimate the task of reading this book. It is a rich diet and a demanding read that will require close and repeated attention. It brings proportionate rewards. Klappentext David Cooper explores and defends the view that a reality independent of human perspectives is necessarily indescribable! a 'mystery'. Other views are shown to be incompatible with our human condition. Cooper restores to philosophy a proper appreciation of mystery - that is what provides a measure of our beliefs and conduct. Zusammenfassung David Cooper explores and defends the view that a reality independent of human perspectives is necessarily indescribable, a 'mystery'. Other views are shown to be incompatible with our human condition. Cooper restores to philosophy a proper appreciation of mystery - that is what provides a measure of our beliefs and conduct. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1: Introduction 2: Self-assertion: from 'Ockhamism' to the Renaissance 3: Reason and Agency: Enlightenment, Kant and Romanticism 4: Prometheanism Unbound: from Marx and Nietzsche to Pragmatism 5: Existential Humanism 6: Interlude: Rival Humanisms 7: Belief, Posture and Humility 8: The Hubris of Absolutism 9: The Hubris of Humanism (1) 10: The Hubris of Humanism (2) 11: Mystery 12: Emptiness and Mystery 13: Mystery and Measure Index

Product details

• Authors: David E. Cooper, David E. (Department of Philosophy Cooper
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.12.2007
• EAN: 9780199235988
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923598-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, RELIGION / Philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy of religion, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy