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Macdonald, Paul A.

Knowledge and the transcendent an inquiry into the mind's relationship to God / [electronic resource] : Paul A. Macdonald, Jr. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2009. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 306 p.)

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

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.

ISBN: 9780813218939 (electronic bk.) 0813218934 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Philosophical theology.
Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)
Philosophy of mind.
Transcendence of God.
Transcendence (Philosophy)
Transzendenz.
Gotteserkenntnis.
Skeptizismus.
Erkenntnistheorie.
Subjektivismus.
Thomismus.
Realismus (Ontologie)
RELIGION / General

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: B765.T54 / M215 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 212/.6