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The logic of the heart : Augustine, Pascal, and the rationality of faith / James R. Peters.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 300 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780801035999
  • 0801035996
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 231.042 PETL  22
LOC classification:
  • BT771.3 .P48 2009
Contents:
Augustine, Pascal, and Hume for the Postmodern world? -- Hume's skepticism and the wisdom of the heart -- Pascal, paradox, and the wisdom of the hear -- A dialectical defense of Pascal's paradox argument : Pascal versus radical Postmodernism.
Summary: The Logic of the Heart sets forth a case for the rationality of the Christian faith. To accomplish his aim, philosopher James Peters analyzes the thought of Augustine and Blaise Pascal, and he employs the writings of skeptic David Hume as a backdrop to this analysis to show the importance of harmonizing the head and the heart in matters of faith. Peters ultimately finds the balance between the Enlightenment's overemphasis on human autonomy and reason alone and postmodernism's espousal of the creation of reality and interpretive freedom.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-294) and index.

Augustine, Pascal, and Hume for the Postmodern world? -- Hume's skepticism and the wisdom of the heart -- Pascal, paradox, and the wisdom of the hear -- A dialectical defense of Pascal's paradox argument : Pascal versus radical Postmodernism.

The Logic of the Heart sets forth a case for the rationality of the Christian faith. To accomplish his aim, philosopher James Peters analyzes the thought of Augustine and Blaise Pascal, and he employs the writings of skeptic David Hume as a backdrop to this analysis to show the importance of harmonizing the head and the heart in matters of faith. Peters ultimately finds the balance between the Enlightenment's overemphasis on human autonomy and reason alone and postmodernism's espousal of the creation of reality and interpretive freedom.

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