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Seeking Meaning and Making Sense - John Haldane

Seeking Meaning and Making Sense

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Buch | Softcover
150 Seiten
2008
Imprint Academic (Verlag)
978-1-84540-122-1 (ISBN)
CHF 19,65 inkl. MwSt
Collection of short essays that range across philosophy, politics, general culture, morality, science, religion and art, focusing on questions of meaning, value and understanding.

John Haldane is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs in the University of St Andrews. He has also held the Royden Davis Chair in Humanities at Georgetown University and has been Stanton Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and Gifford Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen. He is a Consultor to the Pontifical Council for Culture. His other publications include Atheism and Theism, with JJC Smart, (Blackwell) An Intelligent Persons Guide to Religion (Duckworth), Faithful Reason and Reasonable Faith (Routledge).

1. The search for meaning, 2. Making sense of the universe, 3. Plain talk and common sense philosophy, 4. Making sense of society, 5. A disuniting kingdom, 6. Making sense of humanity, 7. Respecting life: ethics and embryos, 8. Respecting Life: Ethics and Waging War, 9. A union of communities, 10. Moral tales, 11. Making sense of evil, 12. Fiction's enigma variations, 13. Yarn spinning and soul making, 14. Taking thought seriously, 15. Making sense of religion, 16. Making sense of art and science, 17. Making sense of nature, 18. Finding meaning in enchantment.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.6.2008
Reihe/Serie Societas
Verlagsort Exeter
Sprache englisch
Maße 134 x 205 mm
Gewicht 200 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie
ISBN-10 1-84540-122-0 / 1845401220
ISBN-13 978-1-84540-122-1 / 9781845401221
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