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Turning Images in Philosophy, Science, and Religion - A New Book of Nature (Hardcover)
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Turning Images in Philosophy, Science, and Religion - A New Book of Nature (Hardcover)
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Turning Images in Philosophy, Science, and Religion: A New Book of
Nature brings together new essays addressing the role of images and
imagination recruited in the perennial debates surrounding nature,
mind, and God. The debate between "new atheists" and religious
apologists today is often hostile. This book sets a new tone by
locating the debate between theism and naturalism (most "new
atheists" are self-described "naturalists") in the broader context
of reflection on imagination and aesthetics. The eleven essays will
be of interest to anyone who is fascinated by the power of
imagination and the role of aesthetics in deciding between
worldviews or philosophies of nature. Representing a variety of
points of view, authors include outstanding philosophers of
religion and of science, a distinguished art historian, and a
visual artist. The book begins with Martin Kemp's essay on the work
of the biologist, mathematician and classical scholar D'Arcy
Wentworth Thompson in which Kemp develops the idea of "structural
intuitions and a critique of reductive thinking about the natural
world. This is followed by Geoffrey Gorham's overview and analysis
of images of nature and God found in early modern science and
philosophy. Anthony O'Hear questions a reductive, naturalist
account of the origin of mind and values. Dale Jacquette offers a
thoroughgoing naturalistic philosophy of the emergence of
intentionality and a unique argument about the emergence of art and
the aesthetic appreciation of nature. E.J. Lowe brings to light
some challenges facing naturalistic approaches to human imaginative
sensibility. Douglas Hedley articulates and defends a cognitive
account of imagination, highlighting some of the difficulties
confronting naturalism. Daniel N. Robinson offers a sweeping
treatment of nature and naturalism, historically engaging
Aristotle, Kant, Hegel and others. Conor Cunningham provides an
aggressive critique of contemporary naturalism. Gordon Graham
investigates the resources of naturalism in accounting for our
sense of the sacred. Mark Wynn provides a subtle understanding of
imagination and perception, suggesting how these may play into the
theism - naturalism debate. The book concludes with Jil Evans'
reflections on how images of the Galapagos Islands have been
employed philosophically to picture either a naturalist or theistic
image of nature.
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