Recovering Nature: Essays in Natural Philosophy, Ethics, and Metaphysics in Honor of Ralph McInerny

by John P. O'Callaghan (Editor), Thomas S. Hibbs (Editor)

Overview

The recovery of nature has been a unifying and enduring aim of the writings of Ralph McInerny, Michael P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Notre Dame, director of the Jacques Maritain Center, former director of the Medieval Institute, and author of numerous works in philosophy, literature, and journalism. While many of the fads that have plagued philosophy and theology during the last half-century have come and gone, recent developments suggest that McInerny’s commitment to Aristotelian-Thomism was boldly, if quietly, prophetic. In his persistent, clear, and creative defenses of natural theology and natural law, McInerny has appealed to nature to establish a dialogue between theists and non-theists, to contribute to the moral and political renewal of American culture, and particularly to provide some of the philosophical foundations for Catholic theology.

This volume brings together essays by an impressive group of scholars, including William Wallace, O.P., Jude P. Dougherty, John Haldane, Thomas DeKoninck, Alasdair MacIntyre, David Solomon, Daniel McInerny, Janet E. Smith, Michael Novak, Stanley Hauerwas, Laura Garcia, Alvin Plantinga, Alfred J. Freddoso, and David B. Burrell, C.S.C.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780268160715
Publisher:	University of Notre Dame Press
Publication date:	10/11/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

John P. O’Callaghan is Professor of Philosophy at Creighton University and author of Thomist Realism and the Linguistic Turn: Toward a More Perfect Form of Existence.

Thomas S. Hibbs is Professor of Philosophy at Boston College and author of Dialectic and Narrative in Aquinas: An Interpretation of the Summa Contra Gentiles (Notre Dame Press, 1995).

John P. O'Callaghan is director of the Jacques Maritain Center and associate professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is co-editor of Recovering Nature: Essays in Natural Philosophy, Ethics, and Metaphysics in Honor of Ralph McInerny, also published by the University of Notre Dame Press.

Thomas S. Hibbs is the J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University, where he is also dean emeritus, having served sixteen years as dean of the Honors College and distinguished professor of ethics and culture. He is the author and editor of eight books, including Wagering on an Ironic God: Pascal on Faith and Philosophy.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Introduction	1
I.	Natural Philosophy
	Quantification in Sixteenth-Century Natural Philosophy	11
	The Failure of Positivism and the Enduring Legacy of Comte	25
	The Philosophies of Mind and Nature	37
	Persons and Things	53
II.	Ethics
	John Case: An Example of Aristotelianism's Self-Subversion?	71
	Keeping Virtue in Its Place: A Critique of Subordinating Strategies	83
	Deliberation about Final Ends: Thomistic Considerations	105
	Moral Terminology and Proportionalism	127
	The Gospels, Natural Law, and the American Founding	147
	McInerny Did It, or Should a Pacifist Read Murder Mysteries?	163
III.	Metaphysics
	Religious Pluralism and Natural Theology	179
	Reid, Hume, and God	201
	Two Roles for Catholic Philosophers	229
	From Analogy of "Being" to the Analogy of Being	253
	Index	267

Editorial Reviews

This volume is a good case study of how post-positivist analytic philosophers have been more willing to examine the history of philosophy and seek resources in it, and how many contemporary Catholic and Christian philosophers are more willing to learn from analytic philosophy for the study and development of their own traditions.” —The Philosophical Quarterly

The Philosophical Quarterly

“This volume is a good case study of how post-positivist analytic philosophers have been more willing to examine the history of philosophy and seek resources in it, and how many contemporary Catholic and Christian philosophers are more willing to learn from analytic philosophy for the study and development of their own traditions.” —The Philosophical Quarterly

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