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Autore |
Macdonald Paul A |
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Titolo |
Knowledge and the transcendent : an inquiry into the mind's relationship to God / / Paul A. Macdonald, Jr |
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Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2009 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (332 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Philosophical theology |
Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) |
Philosophy of mind |
Transcendence of God |
Transcendence (Philosophy) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Knowledge and the Transcendent advances the provocative claim that the human mind is not "bounded" on the outside but actually remains "open" to the world and to God. |
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