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'What does it mean to be a human being?' Given this perennial question, Alasdair MacIntyre, one of America's preeminent philosophers, 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. Tracing the idea of God through different philosophers' engagement of God and how this engagement has played out in universities, MacIntyre provides a valuable, lively, and insightful study of the disintegration of academic disciplines with knowledge. MacIntyre then demonstrates the dangerous implications of this happening and how universities can and ought to renew a shared understanding of knowledge in their mission. This engaging work will be a benefit and a delight to all readers.

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Author:   Alasdair MacIntyre
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.304kg
ISBN:  

9780742544307

ISBN 10:   0742544303
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   16 June 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction God, philosophy, Universities Chapter 1 God Chapter 2 Philosophy Chapter 3 God and philosophy Chapter 4 God, philosophy, universities Prologues to the Catholic philosophical tradition Chapter 5 Augustine Chapter 6 Boethius, PseudoDionysius, Anselm Chapter 7 The Islamic and Jewish prologue to Catholic philosophy Chapter 8 The genesis of the Catholic philosophical tradition Aquinas and after Chapter 9 Aquinas: philosophy and our knowledge of God Chapter 10 Aquinas: philosophy and the life of practice Chapter 11 Aquinas: God, philosophy, universities Chapter 12 After Aquinas: Scotus and Ockham The threshold of modern philosophy Chapter 13 From scholasticism to scepticism Chapter 14 Descartes, Pascal, and Arnauld Modernity Chapter 15 The Catholic absence from philosophy and the Catholic return to philosophy 1700-1850 Chapter 16 Newman: God, philosophy, universities Chapter 17 From Aeterni Patris to Fides et Ratio Chapter 18 Fides et Ratio: the Catholic philosophical tradition redefined Chapter 19 Now: Universities, philosophy, God Index About the Author

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This is MacIntyre at his best: relating intellectual and cultural history while engaging philosophically with core ideas and arguments. Here the focus is on the interweaving of religious ideas and philosophical enquiry through the development of Catholic Christianity, leading to a challenge to Catholic thinkers to enter more fully into philosophy, and to universities to reacquaint themselves with their ancient vocation. MacIntyre has set a new foundation for discussion and further study.--John Haldane

Author Information

Alasdair MacIntyre is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He has written 16 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.

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