A Companion to Atheism and Philosophy Contributor(s): Oppy, Graham (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1119119308 ISBN-13: 9781119119302 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $169.10 Product Type: Other - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
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BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Rationalism |
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.50 lbs) |
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Publisher Description: PROSE 2020 Single Volume Reference Finalist The Companion begins by addressing the foundational questions and lingering controversies which underpin philosophical thought about atheism, exploring the implications of major developments in the history of philosophy for the modern atheistic worldview. Divided into eight distinct sections, essays consider a range of thinkers who were widely believed to have been atheists--including David Hume, Mary Wollstonecraft, Karl Marx, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton--and survey different kinds of objections to theism and atheism, including logical, evidential, normative, and prudential. Later chapters trace the relationship between atheism and metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and political philosophy oriented around topics such as pragmatism, postmodernism, freedom, education, violence, and happiness. Deftly curated and thoughtfully composed, A Companion to Atheism and Philosophy is the most ambitious and authoritative account of philosophical thinking on atheism available, and is a first-rate resource for academics, professionals, and students of philosophy, religious studies, and theology. |