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21David Braine’s ProjectFaith and Philosophy 13 (2): 163-178. 1996.The author of The Reality of Time and the Existence of God turns his critical conceptual acumen to finding an intellectually viable path between the current polarities of dualism and materialism. By considering human beings as language-using animals he can critically appraise “representational” views of concept formation, as well as show how current “research programs” which presuppose a “materialist” basis stem from an unwitting adoption of a dualist picture of mind and body. His alternative is…Read more
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Narratives Competing for Our SoulsIn James P. Sterba (ed.), Terrorism and International Justice, Oxford University Press. pp. 88--100. 2003.
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10Knowledge in Later Islamic Philosophy: Mulla Sadra on Existence, Intellect, and Intuition – By Ibrahim KalinModern Theology 26 (4): 669-672. 2010.
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20Talking with Christians: Musings of a Jewish Theologian – David NovakModern Theology 22 (4): 705-709. 2006.
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Aquinas and Jewish and Islamic authorsIn Brian Davies & Eleonore Stump (eds.), The Oxford handbook of Aquinas, Oxford University Press. 2011.
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1Explorations in Metaphysics: Being-God-Person (review)International Philosophical Quarterly 35 (3): 343-346. 1995.
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15Radical OrthodoxyPhilosophy and Theology 16 (1): 73-76. 2004.The author presents a brief appreciation of the merits of the Radical Orthodoxy movement. That appreciation centers on four themes: (1) theology as sacra doctrina, (2) countering secular reason in its latest avatar of “post-modernism,” (3) Radical Orthodoxy’s offering a theology of culture, and (4) the Thomism of Radical Orthodoxy. The author concludes with some remarks concerning the reception of Radical Orthodoxy in the United States.
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23Christian Revelation and the Completion of the Aristotelian Revolution (review)Review of Metaphysics 43 (1): 172-173. 1989.This work offers a bold and illuminating exercise in philosophy as narrative, and in doing so presents itself quite consciously as an alternative mode of explanation to the "rationalist paradigm" which dominated Greek philosophy. Yet while acknowledging the inspiration of Hegel, the work hews far more closely than the author of Phänomenologie des Geistes to the actual dialectic of explanation as it worked itself out from Aristotle through Plotinus to Aquinas--to mention only the most prominent m…Read more
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13Beyond a Theory of AnalogyProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 46 (n/a): 114-122. 1972.
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16Analogy, Creation, and Theological LanguageProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 74 35-52. 2000.
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29Faith, Culture, and ReasonProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 77 1-11. 2003.This paper examines how the faith/reason discussion can be expanded by means of culture and analogous language. The author argues that rationaldialogue can occur between different faith traditions, and without having to raise reason to the ideal of enlightenment objectivity or having to jettison reasonthrough some form of relativism. He argues that cultural shifts effect alterations in our very “criteria of rationality” so that our efforts to grasp others’ practices inmatters that challenge our …Read more
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20An asterisk denotes a publication by a member of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. The Editors welcome suggestions for reviews. Altman, Matthew C. A Companion to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Boulder: Westview Press, 2008. Pp. xviii+ 232. Paper $30.00, ISBN: 978-0-8133-4383-6 (review)American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 82 (2). 2008.
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36Radical OrthodoxyPhilosophy and Theology 16 (1): 73-76. 2004.The author presents a brief appreciation of the merits of the Radical Orthodoxy movement. That appreciation centers on four themes: (1) theology as sacra doctrina, (2) countering secular reason in its latest avatar of “post-modernism,” (3) Radical Orthodoxy’s offering a theology of culture, and (4) the Thomism of Radical Orthodoxy. The author concludes with some remarks concerning the reception of Radical Orthodoxy in the United States.
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9David Braine’s ProjectFaith and Philosophy 13 (2): 163-178. 1996.The author of The Reality of Time and the Existence of God turns his critical conceptual acumen to finding an intellectually viable path between the current polarities of dualism and materialism. By considering human beings as language-using animals he can critically appraise “representational” views of concept formation, as well as show how current “research programs” which presuppose a “materialist” basis stem from an unwitting adoption of a dualist picture of mind and body. His alternative is…Read more
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31Philosophy and Religion: Attention to Language and the Role of Reason (review)International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 38 (1/3). 1995.
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6Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish Philosophy (review)International Philosophical Quarterly 44 (4): 602-603. 2004.
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