Overview
Many philosophers believe that God has been put to rest. Naturalism is the default position, and the naturalist can explain what needs to be explained without recourse to God. This book agrees that we should be naturalists, but it rejects the more prevalent scientific naturalism in favour of an 'expansive' naturalism inspired by David Wiggins and John McDowell. Fiona Ellis draws on a wide range of thinkers from theology and philosophy, and spans the gulf between analytic and continental philosophy. She tackles various philosophical problems including the limits of nature and the status of value; some theological problems surrounding the natural/ supernatural relation, the Incarnation, and the concept of myth; and offers a model to comprehend the relation between philosophy and theology.
Full Product Details
Author: Fiona Ellis (Professor of Philosophy at the University of Roehampton, and Director of the Centre for Philosophy of Religion, Heythrop College, University of London)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.70cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 23.60cm
Weight: 0.516kg
ISBN: 9780198714125
ISBN 10: 0198714122
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 30 October 2014
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
This volume should be useful in larger collections ... Recommended. Graduate students and researchers/faculty. C. S. Seymour, CHOICE
Fiona Ellis provides a book that is extremely rare. For starters, her text bridges the gap between 'analytic' philosophy and 'continental' philosophy by considering metaethical theories in both camps. Her text similarly bridges the gap between 'philosophy' and 'theology' by putting these disciplines in conversation. Third, Ellis does all of this in remarkably clear and accessible prose. The clarity of Ellis' writing is beneficial given that she wades into the conceptually murky and hostile terrain of contemporary metaethics and argues that one can reasonably endorse a form of naturalism in which God plays a substantial metaethical role. Nathan L. Cartagena, The Heythrop Journal In this rich, rigorous and invigorating book, Fiona Ellis subtly decommissions the concepts of 'nature' and 'naturalism' as weapons in the arsenal of her atheistic opponents. Michael Inwood, The Philosophical Quarterly Ellis's book is one that can be profitably read by anyone who works in meta-ethics, philosophy of religion, theology, and the debates surrounding naturalism. Indeed, one of the most impressive things about the book is the author's range of interests and ability to illuminatingly integrate important ideas drawn from recent English-speaking philosophy, Continental philosophy, and Christian theology. All this makes for a richly rewarding text that should help to shape future discussions on naturalism and its relation to theism and ethics. David McPherson, Religious Studies This volume should be useful in larger collections ... Recommended. Graduate students and researchers/faculty. C. S. Seymour, CHOICE
Author Information
Fiona Ellis is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Roehampton and Director of the Centre for Philosophy of Religion at Heythrop College, University of London. She has published on a wide variety of subjects including the philosophy of love and desire, nature and naturalism, and the relation between philosophy and theology. She is the author of God, Value, and Nature (Oxford University Press, 2014).
