Augustine and Philosophy

Informationen zum Autor Phillip Cary is a professor of philosophy at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania, where he is also Scholar-in-Residence at the Templeton Honors College. John Doody is professor of philosophy and associate dean of arts and sciences at Villanova University. Kim Paffenroth is assistant professor of religious studies at Iona College. Klappentext The essays in this book, by a variety of leading Augustine scholars, examine not only Augustine's multifaceted philosophy and its relation to his epoch-making theology, but also his practice as a philosopher, as well as his relation to other philosophers both before and after him. Thus the collection shows that Augustine's philosophy remains an influence and a provocation in a wide variety of settings today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Part I. Augustine's Philosophy Chapter 3 Augustine on the Glory and the Limits of Philosophy Chapter 4 Augustine and Philosophy: Intellectus fidei Chapter 5 Augustine's First-Person Perspective Chapter 6 Keeping Time in Mind:Saint Augustine's Proposed Solution to a Perplexing Problem Chapter 7 Augustinian Compatibilism and the Doctrine of Election Chapter 8 Dreams of Responsibility Part 9 Part II. Augustine and Other Philosophers Chapter 10 Recurrens in te unum: Neoplatonic Form and Content in Augustine's Confessions Chapter 11 The Contradictores of Confessions XII Chapter 12 The Epistemology of Faith in Augustine and Aquinas Chapter 13 Augustine's Influence on the Philosophy of Henry of Ghent Chapter 14 Wittgenstein's Augustine:The Inauguration of the Later Philosophy Chapter 15 Toward a Postmodern Theology of the Cross: Augustine, Heidegger, Derrida

Product details

• Authors: Phillip Cary, Phillip/ Doody Cary
• Assisted by: Phillip Cary (Editor), John Doody (Editor), Kim Paffenroth (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2010
• EAN: 9780739145395
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-4539-5
• Series: Augustine in Conversation: Tra; Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy