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6Affordances, phenomenology, pragmatism and the myth of the givenPhenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 1-17. forthcoming.This paper addresses a potential contradiction between the two primary philosophical traditions that inform Gibsonian ecological psychology: the phenomenological and pragmatist traditions. These two traditions exhibit potentially contradictory intuitions about the epistemic role of direct perception. This epistemic role of direct perception was famously problematized by Sellars’ critique of the myth of the given (1956; 1997), and we draw on it here to serve as a test case for the Gibsonian synth…Read more
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Transformative Love Amid Suffering in Hilmi Ziya ÜlkenIn Muhammad U. Faruque & Mohammed Rustom (eds.), From the divine to the human: contemporary Islamic thinkers on evil, suffering, and the global pandemic, Routledge. 2023.
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13Divine Unity and Human Plurality in Turkish Muslim ThoughtIn Mohammed Hashas (ed.), Pluralism in Islamic Contexts - Ethics, Politics and Modern Challenges, Springer Verlag. pp. 171-188. 2021.The Islamic concept of “tawḥīd” or Divine Unity is more than a simple affirmation that God is One. It lies at the heart of Islamic spirituality, thought, and practice. It is a concept with a rich semantic field and complex philosophical connotations. Tawḥīd affirms God’s incomparable unity in such a way as to embrace the plurality of existence and infuse it with life and meaning. Tawḥīd, in the context of Turkish Muslim thought, has functioned as a conceptual tool for addressing difference to su…Read more
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1Rahner’s Kindred: The Legacy of Finitude in Comparative TheologyIn Michael Amaladoss S. J., Roberto Catalano, Francis X. Clooney S. J., Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald, Richard Girardin, Roger Haight S. J., Sallie B. King, Vladimir Latinovic, Leo D. Lefebure, Archbishop Felix Machado, Gerard Mannion, Alexander E. Massad, Sandra Mazzolini, Dawn M. Nothwehr O. S. F., John T. Pawlikowski O. S. M., Peter C. Phan, Jonathan Ray, William Skudlarek O. S. B., Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, Jason Welle O. F. M. & Taraneh R. Wilkinson (eds.), Catholicism Engaging Other Faiths: Vatican Ii and its Impact, Springer Verlag. pp. 137-155. 2018.Karl Rahner, S.J., is known to be one of the great theological forces behind Vatican II and has influenced subsequent Catholic theologians in their exploration of other religions. Drawing upon the heuristic of finite-Infinite that runs through Rahner’s thought, this chapter examines the theological method of Francis X. Clooney, S.J., pioneer of an approach to comparative theology growing in popularity. The paper treats three related themes from the perspective of one who has appropriated Clooney…Read more
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38Catholicism Engaging Other Faiths: Vatican Ii and its Impact (edited book)Springer Verlag. 2018.This book assesses how Vatican II opened up the Catholic Church to encounter, dialogue, and engagement with other world religions. Opening with a contribution from the President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, it next explores the impact, relevance, and promise of the Declaration Nostra Aetate before turning to consider how Vatican II in general has influenced interfaith dialogue and the intellectual and comparative study of world religions in t…Read more
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Religion, Misc |
Arabic and Islamic Philosophy, Misc |