Reason and the Heart
A Prolegomenon to a Critique of Passional Reason
Between the opposing claims of reason and religious subjectivity may be a middle ground, William J. Wainwright argues. His book is a philosophical reflection on the role of emotion in guiding reason. There is evidence, he contends, that reason functions properly only when informed by a rightly disposed heart.The idea of passional reason, so rarely discussed today, once dominated religious reflection, and Wainwright pursues it through the writings of three of its past proponents: Jonathan Edwards, John Henry Newman, and William James. He focuses on Edwards, whose work typifies the Christian perspective on religious reasoning and the heart. The…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5017-1732-1
- EAN: 9781501717321
- Produktnummer: 27415984
- Verlag: Cornell University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 176 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 8'613 KB
- Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.
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William J. Wainwright
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