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Reason and the heart : a prolegomenon to a critique of passional reason / William J. Wainwright.

By: Series: Cornell studies in the philosophy of religionPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1995Description: 1 online resource (x, 160 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501717321
  • 1501717324
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reason and the heart.DDC classification:
  • 210 22
LOC classification:
  • BL51 .W16 1995eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Jonathan Edwards and the heart -- John Henry Newman and the "Grammar of Assent" -- William James, rationality, and religious belief -- Subjectivism and circularity -- The specter of relativism.
Summary: Between the opposing claims of reason and religious subjectivity may be a middle ground, William J. Wainwright argues. His book is a philosophical reflection on the role of emotion in guiding reason. There is evidence, he contends, that reason functions properly only when informed by a rightly disposed heart.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Jonathan Edwards and the heart -- John Henry Newman and the "Grammar of Assent" -- William James, rationality, and religious belief -- Subjectivism and circularity -- The specter of relativism.

Between the opposing claims of reason and religious subjectivity may be a middle ground, William J. Wainwright argues. His book is a philosophical reflection on the role of emotion in guiding reason. There is evidence, he contends, that reason functions properly only when informed by a rightly disposed heart.

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