The logic of the heart :
Peters, James R., 1957-
The logic of the heart : Augustine, Pascal, and the rationality of faith / James R. Peters. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2009. - 300 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-294) and index.
Augustine, Pascal, and Hume on the "Embeddedness" of Reason -- Augustine, Pascal, and Hume for the Postmodern World? -- Skeptics of Modernity: Embedded Rationality versus Rational Autonomy -- Embedded Reason in Augustine, Pascal, and Plantinga -- Augustine, Pascal, and Hume as Socratic Apologists; Human Wisdom as Passionate Self-Knowledge -- Hume, Pascal, and the Humility of Reason -- Hume's Skepticism and the Wisdom of the Heart -- Hume's Epistemological Refutation of Theism -- Three Answers from the Enquiry -- Hume's Attack on and Misunderstanding of Miracles -- Hume's Psychological Refutation of Theism -- Hume versus Augustine (and Pascal); Opposing Rationalities in Conflict -- Pascal, Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Heart -- Pascal and the Rationality of Faith -- Pascal's Dialectical Defense of Faith -- Pascal's Teleological Apologetics -- Pascal: Faith Is Rational but Beyond Reason -- Pascal's Wager: Unmasking Skeptical Neutrality -- Pascal versus Fideism: Faith Is Not Contrary to Reason -- Pascal and Hume, Pascal and Aristotle: Conclusions -- A Dialectical Defense of Pascal's Paradox Argument: Pascal versus Radical Postmodernism -- The Radical Postmodern Challenge to Pascal's Paradox Argument -- Radical Postmodernism's Fourfold Hermeneutics of Unmasking -- Postmodernism as "Hypermodernism" Introduction. 1. 2. 3. 4.
9780801035999 (pbk.) 0801035996 (pbk.)
99934249198
2008049506
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662.
Hume, David, 1711-1776.
Faith--History of doctrines.
BT771.3 / .P48 2009
231/.042
The logic of the heart : Augustine, Pascal, and the rationality of faith / James R. Peters. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2009. - 300 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-294) and index.
Augustine, Pascal, and Hume on the "Embeddedness" of Reason -- Augustine, Pascal, and Hume for the Postmodern World? -- Skeptics of Modernity: Embedded Rationality versus Rational Autonomy -- Embedded Reason in Augustine, Pascal, and Plantinga -- Augustine, Pascal, and Hume as Socratic Apologists; Human Wisdom as Passionate Self-Knowledge -- Hume, Pascal, and the Humility of Reason -- Hume's Skepticism and the Wisdom of the Heart -- Hume's Epistemological Refutation of Theism -- Three Answers from the Enquiry -- Hume's Attack on and Misunderstanding of Miracles -- Hume's Psychological Refutation of Theism -- Hume versus Augustine (and Pascal); Opposing Rationalities in Conflict -- Pascal, Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Heart -- Pascal and the Rationality of Faith -- Pascal's Dialectical Defense of Faith -- Pascal's Teleological Apologetics -- Pascal: Faith Is Rational but Beyond Reason -- Pascal's Wager: Unmasking Skeptical Neutrality -- Pascal versus Fideism: Faith Is Not Contrary to Reason -- Pascal and Hume, Pascal and Aristotle: Conclusions -- A Dialectical Defense of Pascal's Paradox Argument: Pascal versus Radical Postmodernism -- The Radical Postmodern Challenge to Pascal's Paradox Argument -- Radical Postmodernism's Fourfold Hermeneutics of Unmasking -- Postmodernism as "Hypermodernism" Introduction. 1. 2. 3. 4.
9780801035999 (pbk.) 0801035996 (pbk.)
99934249198
2008049506
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662.
Hume, David, 1711-1776.
Faith--History of doctrines.
BT771.3 / .P48 2009
231/.042