Philosophy Begins in Wonder: An Introduction to Early Modern Philosophy, Theology, and Science - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1556357826 ISBN 13: 9781556357824

Casa editrice: Pickwick Publications, 2010

Riassunto

Philosophy begins with wonder, according to Plato and Aristotle. Yet Plato and Aristotle did not expand a great deal on what precisely wonder is. Does this fact alone not raise curiosity in us as to why this passion or concept is important? What is wonder's role in science, philosophy, or theology except to end thinking or theorizing as soon as one begins? The primary purpose of this book is to show how seventeenth- and eighteenth-century developments in natural theology, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, and the philosophy of science resulted in a complex history of the passion of wonder-a history in which the elements of continuation, criticism, and reformulation are equally present. Philosophy Begins in Wonder provides the first historical overview of wonder and changes the way we see early modern Europe. It is intended for readers who are curious-who wonder-about how modern philosophy and science were born. The book is for scholars and educated readers alike.

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Informazioni sull?autore

MICHAEL FUNK DECKARD is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Lenoir-Rhyne College in North Carolina. He has taught History of Ideas, Philosophy, and Ethics at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), North Central College (Naperville, Illinois) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, Illinois). He also has published articles and reviews in journals such as The Heythrop Journal; British Journal of Aesthetics; Eighteenth-Century Thought; Bijdragen: International Journal in Philosophy and Theology; Philosophy in Review; Tijdschrft voor Filosofie, and Verbum: Analecta Neolatina.
PETER LOSONCZI is an associate professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of West Hungary. His publications include essays and books, among others the co-edited volumes Reflecting Diversity (LIT, Wien-Berlin-London, 2007), Religio Academici (Akademiai/Wolters Kluwer, Budapest, 2009) and From Political Theory to Political Theology (Continuum, London-New York, forthcoming 2010).

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Pickwick Publications
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1556357826
• ISBN 13: 9781556357824
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 390
• Redattore: Deckard Michael Funk
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