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Turning Images in Philosophy, Science, and Religion: A New Book of Nature
Charles Taliaferro and Jil Evans
Abstract
This book brings together chapters addressing the role of images and imagination recruited in the perennial debates surrounding nature, mind, and God. The debate between ‘new atheists’ and religious apologists today is often hostile. This book sets a new tone by locating the debate between theism and naturalism (most ‘new atheists’ are self-described ‘naturalists’) in the broader context of reflection on imagination and aesthetics. The eleven chapters are about the power of imagination and the role of aesthetics in deciding between worldviews or philosophies of nature. This book represents a v ... More
Keywords: imagination, aesthetics, theism, naturalism, mind, philosophy, science, religion, image, nature
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2011 | Print ISBN-13: 9780199563340 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2012 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199563340.001.0001 |
