Theism and Humanism : The Book That Influenced C. S. Lewis

by Balfour, Arthur James

• ISBN13: 9781587420054
• ISBN10: 1587420058
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

In 1962, Christian Century asked C. S. Lewis to name the books that had most influenced his thought. Among those Lewis listed was Theism and Humanism, the published version of Arthur J. Balfour's 1914 Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow. Long out of print, the book is now available in this newly typeset and greatly enhanced edition.

Author Biography

Arthur James Balfour British Prime Minister, 1902-1905 President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1904 Author of the Balfour Declaration that created the State of Israel

Table of Contents

Second Edition Foreword	5	(4)
1915 Preface	9	(2)
Introductory	11	(14)
Metaphysics and the `Plain Man'	13	(5)
Inevitable Beliefs and `Common Sense'	18	(1)
The Character of the Theisms To Be Established	19	(3)
What the Argument Is Not	22	(3)
An Argument to Design	25	(14)
Design and Selection	27	(7)
Argument from Values	34	(5)
Aesthetic and Theism	39	(20)
Aesthetic Described	41	(1)
Whence Comes It?	42	(2)
Values and the Higher Emotions	44	(7)
Natural Beauty	51	(2)
Aesthetic of History	53	(6)
Ethics and Theism	59	(20)
Ethics Described	62	(1)
Egoism, Altruism and Selection	63	(4)
Selection and the Higher Morality	67	(5)
Same Subject Matter Continued	72	(2)
Theism and the Collision of Ends	74	(5)
Intellectual Values	79	(10)
Retrospect	81	(1)
Reason and Causation	81	(1)
Leslie Stephen and Locke's Aphorism	82	(5)
Reason and Empirical Agnosticism	87	(2)
Perception, Common Sense and Science	89	(14)
Common Sense and the External World	91	(2)
Science and the External World	93	(1)
Primary and Secondary Qualities	94	(2)
Perception as a Causal Series	96	(2)
Perception as a Cognitive Act	98	(2)
An Irresistible Assumption	100	(3)
Probability, Calculable and Intuitive	103	(10)
Mathematicians and Probability	105	(1)
Calculable Probability	106	(5)
Intuitive Probability	111	(2)
Uniformity and Causation	113	(14)
Habit, Expectation, Induction	115	(1)
Regularity, Causation	116	(2)
The Principle of Negligibility	118	(3)
Causation and Foreknowledge	121	(6)
Tendencies of Scientific Belief	127	(14)
Beliefs that We Are Inclined to Hold	129	(1)
Atomism. Beliefs of Conservation	130	(8)
Epilogue	138	(3)
Summary and Conclusion	141	(14)
Humanism and Theism	143	(1)
The Doctrine of Congruity	143	(6)
Is this Systematic Philosophy?	149	(3)
Conclusion	152	(3)
A Distinctively Christian Setting	155	(8)
An Epilogue on the Incarnation	155	(1)
Our Significance in the Cosmic Drama	156	(3)
Our Ethical Needs	159	(1)
Our Material Bodies	160	(1)
Our Difficulties with Evil	161	(2)
A. A Catechism for Naturalism	163	(2)
B. The Evolution of Belief	165	(9)
C. The Discrepancy Between Religion and Science	174	(5)
D. Changes from the 1915 Text	179	(2)
E. Letters from C. S. Lewis to Sheldon Vanauken	181	(6)
December 14, 1950	182	(1)
December 23, 1950	183	(2)
April 17, 1951	185	(2)
Notes	187	(6)
Glossary	193	(6)
Index	199