God, Philosophy, Universities A Selective History of the Catholic Philosophical Tradition

by MacIntyre, Alasdair

• ISBN13: 9780742544307
• ISBN10: 0742544303
• eBook ISBN(s): 9798881877101, 9780742544307
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780742544307, 9780742544307
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

ôWhat does it mean to be a human being?ö Given this perennial question, Alasdair MacIntyre presents a compelling argument on the necessity and importance of philosophy. Because of a need to better understand Catholic philosophical thought, especially in the context of its historical development and realizing that philosophers interact within particular social and cultural situations, MacIntyre offers this brief history of Catholic philosophy.

Author Biography

Alasdair R MacIntyre is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He has written sixteen books, including After Virtue, Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry, A Short History of Ethics, and, more recently, Edith Stein: A Philosophical Prologue, 1913-1922.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
God, Philosophy, Universities
God	p. 5
Philosophy	p. 9
God and philosophy	p. 13
God, philosophy, universities	p. 15
Prologues to the Catholic Philosophical Tradition
Augustine	p. 21
Boethius, the Pseudo-Dionysius, and Anselm	p. 33
The Islamic and Jewish Prologue to Catholic Philosophy	p. 43
The Genesis of the Catholic Philosophical Tradition	p. 61
Aquinas and After
Aquinas: Philosophy and Our Knowledge of God	p. 73
Aquinas: Philosophy and the Life of Practice	p. 87
Aquinas: God, philosophy, universities	p. 93
After Aquinas: Scotus and Ockham	p. 97
The Threshold of Modern Philosophy
From Scholasticism to Skepticism	p. 105
Descartes, Pascal, and Arnauld	p. 113
Modernity
The Catholic Absence From and Return to Philosophy, 1700-1850	p. 131
Newman: God, philosophy, universities	p. 145
From Aeterni Patris to Fides et Ratio	p. 151
Fides et Ratio: The Catholic Philosophical Tradition Redefined	p. 165
Now: universities, philosophy, God	p. 173
Index	p. 181
About the Author	p. 193
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