Faith, Scepticism &
Personal Identity
A Festschrift for Terence Penelhum
John J. MacIntosh and Hugo A. Meynell, editors
ISBN 1895176425
$27.95 paper
March 1994
xviii + 304 pages
Portrait, publications of T. Penelhum, notes, index
About the Book
Thirteen challenging essays represent three major philosophical interests:
the philosophy of religion, the work of David Hume, and issues of personal
identity and the problem of survival. The essays are challenging; the
contributors disagree among themselves and with Terence Penelhum. Penelhum's
characteristically colourful, detailed and cogent response to each essay
in a final essay ensures that genuine progress is made in each of the
central areas under consideration.
The book is of interest to both specialist and non-specialist.
Terence Penelhum was dean of Arts and Science from 1964 to 1967 and head of the Philosophy Department from 1964 to 1970 at the University of Calgary. From 1978 to 1988 he was professor in the Department of Religious Studies; he has been Professor Emeritus since 1988.
About the Editors
J.J. MacIntosh is Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Calgary.
Hugo A. Meynell is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, University of Calgary.
Table of Contents
|
H.
A. Meynell
|
Biographical Note |
vii
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|
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H.
A. Meynell
|
Introduction |
ix
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|
| 1 |
Kai
Nielsen
|
Perceiving God |
1
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| 2 |
John
Hick
|
On Religious Experience |
17
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| 3 |
Basil
Mitchell
|
Faith and the Limitations of Open-Mindedness |
31
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| 4 |
Hugo
Meynell
|
Criticisms of a Cosmological Argument |
43
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| 5 |
Annette
C. Baier
|
Hume on Religion: Stopping the Ocean with a Bull-Rush? |
61
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| 6 |
Alasdair
MacIntyre
|
Hume, Testimony to Miracles, the Order of Nature,and Jansenism |
83
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| 7 |
Antony
Flew
|
The Legitimation of Factual necessity |
101
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| 8 |
David
Fate Norton
|
How a Sceptic May Live Scepticism |
119
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| 9 |
William
Lyons
|
Modern Work on Intentionality |
141
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| 10 |
Andrew
Brennan
|
The Disunity of the Self |
165
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| 11 |
Geoffrey
Madell
|
Personal Identity and Objective Reality |
185
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| 12 |
R.
T. Herbert
|
Gappiness and Personal Identity |
199
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| 13 |
J.
J. MacIntosh
|
The Impossibility of Miraculous Reincarnation |
211
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| 14 |
T.
M. Penelhum
|
Comments and Responses |
235
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| Publications of T. M. Penelhum |
291
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| Index |
297
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