Naturalism and Religion

Name: Naturalism and Religion
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ISBN: 9781573928533

ISBN-10: 1573928534

ISBN-13: 9781573928533

Edition: 2001

Authors: Kai Nielsen

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Nielsen (philosophy, U. of Calgary) presents a defense of naturalism as the most reasonable way to view humans place in the world. His naturalism is an atheistic and humanistic philosophy, but it is not a scientific or value-free one. He articulates a naturalistic explanation of the functions of religion and argues that truly understanding religion necessitates disbelief. He argues that a consistent atheism does not "rob life of its significance or make social and political commitment arbitrary." After explaining the theory he explains arguments for and against the theory as propounded by various other philosophers, most notably the work of Wittgenstein, which he believes to be the most…

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List price: $45.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
Publication date: 10/1/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 506
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Articulating Naturalism



Naturalistic Explanations of Religion



On Being a Secularist All the Way Down



The Faces of Immortality



The Meaning of Life



An Examination of Some Accounts of Naturalism: for and Against



Contextualistic Naturalism: Hook, Nagel, and a Miscellany of Their Critics



Naturalism Under Challenge



An Exchange Between Hook and Nielsen on Naturalism and Religion



Kai Nielsen: Religion and Naturalistic Humanism: Some Remarks on Hook's Critique of Religion



Sidney Hook: For an Open-minded Naturalism



Kai Nielsen: On the Complexities of Open-mindedness: A Reply to Hook



Antony Flew on Atheistic Humanism



The Challenge of Wittgenstein



Wittgenstein and Wittgensteinians on Religion



The Hard Face of Relativism: Wittgenstein and Putnam on Religion and Relativism



Can Anything Be Beyond Human Understanding?


Postscript: The Gathering of the Fugitives


Index