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485Transcendence and Self-Transcendence: On God and the Soul (review)International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 25 (3): 227-229. 2005.Merold Westphal's book is a wonderful introduction to the history of philosophy.
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439Phillip H. Wiebe, God and Other Spirits: Intimations of Transcendence in Christian Experience Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 25 (6): 450-452. 2005.Professor Phillipp H. Wiebe draws our attention to what aspects of our religious tradition is understandable by every human being on this planet.
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43Kants Organismusbegriff und seine Transformation in der Naturphilosophie F. W. J. SchellingsArchiv für Begriffsgeschichte 47 217-223. 2005.After the exposition of I. Kant's theory of nature as a mechanism, we turn to Kant's idea that organisms are an exception and cannot be explained through the mechanism of nature. Organisms are characterized through a circular causality. The idea of the whole, an idea of the thinking subject, causes the functioning of organisms. F.W.J.Schelling takes up Kant's conception that the organism is characterized through the interaction of the parts, but he dispenses with the idea of the whole as a causa…Read more
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639Martin Bubers Projekt einer philosophischen AnthropologieFreiburger Zeitschrift für Philosophie Und Theologie 54 (1/2): 114-124. 2007.Martin Buber is a religious philosopher asking the question: what is the nature of man? Human persons are dialogical beings, who are ultimately related to God as the creator of the universe. This philosophy of dialogue is part of a general area of investigation, called Philosophical Anthropology.
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408Jan Assmann, Religion and Cultural Memory. Ten Studies (review)Philosophy in Review 27 (1): 9. 2007.Jan Assman traces the roots of Mosaic Religion back to its Aegyptian origin. Reading the Holy Bible often makes one think that Moses was Hebrew. But Moses was an adopted Agyptian, as we become aware. Cultural memory is certainly stored in books, but at the same time it is a memory that forms our perception as human beings.
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588Merold Westphal, Transcendence and Self Transcendence. On God and the Soul Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 25 (3): 227-229. 2005.Wonderful reflections on the history of Western thought.
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1093John Cowburn, S.J., Love (review)Philosophy in Review 24 (6): 400-402. 2004.Professor John Cowburn, S.J., not only investigates ethical theory, but he successfully discusses the religious ideas of our tradition and applies them to topics which are relevant in our everyday lives. In his book LOVE he provides a useful guide to young people.
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458Béatrice Longuenesse, Kant on the Human Standpoint Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 27 (3): 198-199. 2007.Professor Beatrice Longuenesse draws our attention to the most important aspect of Kant's Critical Philosophy, namely that it is a system of logic.
