A Philosophical System of Theistic Idealism

A Philosophical System of Theistic Idealism
Author: James Lindsay
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 549
Release: 2015-06-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9781330324585

Excerpt from A Philosophical System of Theistic Idealism "A philosophical system": That sounds audacious enough in days when we are being constantly told that philosophers have ceased to frame systems, and now merely write essays. No further back than 1900, Sidgwick wrote that "the philosophic mind of the modern world is now at the ebb, with its constructive impulses comparatively feeble" (Mind, 1900). Doubtless he was thinking mainly of metaphysical construction, of which he had at another time said that system-making is pre-eminently the affair of philosophy (Mind, 1895). But, even as to "system," it is possible to do a bold thing in a modest spirit. I have called my "Theistic Idealism" a "system" because it is, as far as may be, concerned with, and drawn from, the system of things, rather than from the systems of the Schools. To all of these latter I am yet debtor, and like Gods people when they spoilt the Egyptians, I have not hesitated to lay violent hands - but more frequently critical hands - on what is valuable in any of them that incidentally chanced to lie in the line of my thought-aims and purpose. But this without savour of anything resembling eclecticism, or the admission of heterogeneous elements into the synthesis. I share the modern aversion to the word "system," but so long as thought remains orderly and systematic, system is necessary, and need convey no outworn suggestions of finality. In dealing with the inner connection of philosophical thought, it is thereby justified. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Idealism

Idealism
Author: Tyron Goldschmidt
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2017
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0198746970

Idealism is a family of metaphysical views each of which gives priority to the mental. The best-known forms of idealism in Western philosophy are Berkeleyan idealism, which gives ontological priority to the mental (minds and ideas) over the physical (bodies), and Kantian idealism, which gives a kind of explanatory priority to the mental (the structure of the understanding) over the physical (the structure of the empirical world). Although idealism was once a dominant view in Western philosophy, it has suffered almost total neglect over the last several decades. This book rectifies this situation by bringing together seventeen essays by leading philosophers on the topic of metaphysical idealism. The various essays explain, attack, or defend a variety of idealistic theories, including not only Berkeleyan and Kantian idealisms but also those developed in traditions less familiar to analytic philosophers, including Buddhism and Hassidic Judaism. Although a number of the articles draw on historical sources, all will be of interest to philosophers working in contemporary metaphysics. This volume aims to spark a revival of serious philosophical interest in metaphysical idealism.

The Monist

The Monist
Author: Paul Carus
Publisher:
Total Pages: 648
Release: 1918
Genre: Electronic journals
ISBN:

Vols. 2 and 5 include appendices.

The Philosophy of Religion 1875-1980

The Philosophy of Religion 1875-1980
Author: Alan P.F. Sell
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1620324261

This volume provides an overview of the relation between secular philosophy and philosophical theology over a one-hundred-year period. Beginning with idealism, the study proceeds through the rise of realism, the advent of logical positivism, the development of analytical philosophy, the resurgence of scholasticism and existentialism, the contributions of encounter theology and of process thought, to specific questions of the existence of God and religious language.