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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460398003321

Autore

Macdonald Paul A

Titolo

Knowledge and the transcendent [[electronic resource] ] : an inquiry into the mind's relationship to God / / Paul A. Macdonald, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8132-1893-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Disciplina

212.6

Soggetti

Philosophical theology

Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)

Philosophy of mind

Transcendence of God

Transcendence (Philosophy)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pitfalls in modern epistemology -- Skepticism and subjectivism in modern thought -- Challenging modern skepticism and subjectivism -- The contribution of Thomistic epistemology -- Direct realism and Aquinas's account of cognition -- Having God in view : direct realism and the beatific vision -- Realist epistemologies of reason and faith -- Applications in Thomistic epistemology -- Rehabilitating objectivity in the knowledge of God -- In defense of a realist interpretation of theology.