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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819348003321

Autore

Chai Leon

Titolo

Jonathan Edwards and the limits of enlightenment philosophy / / Leon Chai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998

ISBN

0-19-773978-4

1-280-47141-7

0-19-535311-0

0-585-35416-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

191

Soggetti

Enlightenment - United States

Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) - History - 18th century

Knowledge, Theory of - History - 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introductory; I: The Problem of Sensation; 1 The Argument for Empiricism; 2 Religious Affections; II: Ideas, Objects, Mind; 3 Idea and Object; 4 Idealism; III: The Ends of Causal Analysis; 5 Causation; 6 Freedom of the Will; Conclusion; Epilogue; Notes; Primary Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Jonathan Edwards has most often been considered in the context of the Puritanism of New England. In many ways, however, he was closer to the thinkers of the European Enlightenment. Leon looks at that connection, analyzing Edwards' thought on many issues.