The Problem of God in Thomas Reid
by
James Foster
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Elements in the Problems of God
ISBN-10
1009270591
ISBN-13
9781009270595
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 6th, 2025
Print length
60 Pages
Weight
102 grams
Dimensions
15.10 x 22.90 x 1.00 cms
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This Element explores the relationship between philosophy and theology in Reid's works, arguing that belief in God is a non-inferential first principle and theism plays six roles, but is detachable from human rationality and philosophy. Both inquiries are motivated by natural human curiosity, and both are founded on principles of common sense.
Thomas Reid was a theist and a philosopher; yet the exact relationship between philosophy and theology in his works is unclear and disputed. The aim of this book is to clarify this relationship along three lines by exploring the status, function, and detachability of theism with respect to Reid''s philosophy. Regarding the first I argue that belief in the existence of God is, for Reid, a non-inferential first principle. Regarding the second I argue that theism plays at least six different roles in Reid''s philosophy. And, regarding the third, I argue that, despite this, theism is largely detachable from Reid''s concept of human rationality and philosophy. What emerges is a picture of the relationship between philosophy and theology in which both inquiries are motivated by natural human curiosity, and both are founded on principles of common sense.
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