Analytical Thomism: Traditions in Dialogue [Hardcover]

Craig Paterson (Editor), Matthew S. Pugh (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0754634388 | ISBN-13: 978-0754634386 | Publication Date: October 30, 2006

Analytical Thomism is a recent label for a newer kind of approach to the philosophical and natural theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. It illuminates the meaning Aquinas's work for contemporary problems by drawing on the resources of contemporary Anglo-Saxon analytical philosophy, the work of Frege, Wittgenstein, and Kripke proving particularly significant. This book expands the discourse in contemporary debate, exploring crucial philosophical, theological and ethical issues such as: metaphysics and epistemology, proofs for and nature of God, personhood, action and meta-ethics. All those interested in the thought of St Thomas Aquinas, and more generally contemporary Catholic scholarship, problems in philosophy of religion, and contemporary metaphysics, will find this collection an invaluable resource.

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About the Author

Craig Paterson is at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Matthew S. Pugh is at Providence College, Rhode Island, USA.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 332 pages
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co (October 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0754634388
• ISBN-13: 978-0754634386
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,814,949 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Contemporary philosopher with a special interest in bioethics. Educated at Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland; University of Edinburgh, Scotland; University of York, England; Saint Louis University, USA. He has previously held teaching appointments in Philosophy at Saint Louis University, USA and Providence College, USA. He is currently an independent scholar. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, The Royal Anthropological Institute and other learned societies. Paterson is a significant contributor to contemporary discourse on biomedical ethics in the natural law tradition, especially in the areas of assisted suicide, euthanasia and killing and letting die. He adopts a revised non-naturalist approach to natural law ethics influenced by the practical reasoning approach of Aquinas, the intuitionalism of G.E. Moore, and others.