God, Value, and Nature 1st Edition

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Many philosophers believe that God has been put to rest. Naturalism is the default position, and the naturalist can explain what needs to be explained without recourse to God. This book agrees that we should be naturalists, but it rejects the more prevalent scientific naturalism in favor of an "expansive" naturalism inspired by David Wiggins and John McDowell. It is argued that expansive naturalism can accommodate the idea of God, and that the expansive naturalist has unwittingly paved the way towards a form of naturalism which poses a genuine challenge to the atheist. It follows that the traditional naturalism versus theism debate must be reconfigured: naturalism and theism are no longer logically incompatible; rather, they can both be true.

Fiona Ellis draws on a wide range of thinkers from theology and philosophy, and spans the gulf between analytic and continental philosophy. She tackles various philosophical problems including the limits of nature and the status of value; some theological problems surrounding the natural/supernatural relation, the Incarnation, and the concept of myth; and offers a model - inspired by the secular expansive naturalist's conception of philosophy - to comprehend the relation between philosophy and theology.

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"Elli's book is admirable for its rigour and its bid to blend the thought of Levinas with some recent ideas from analytic philosophy." -- Times Literary Supplement

"This volume should be useful in larger collections... Recommended. Graduate students and researchers/faculty."
--Choice

"Fiona Ellis provides a book that is extremely rare. For starters, her text bridges the gap between 'analytic' philosophy and 'continental' philosophy by considering metaethical theories in both camps. Her text similarly bridges the gap between 'philosophy' and 'theology' by putting these disciplines in conversation. Third, Ellis does all of this in remarkably clear and accessible prose. The clarity of Ellis' writing is beneficial given that she wades into the conceptually murky and hostile terrain of contemporary metaethics and argues that one can reasonably endorse a form of naturalism in which God plays a substantial metaethical role."
-- The Heythrop Journal

"In this rich, rigorous and invigorating book, Fiona Ellis subtly decommissions the concepts of 'nature' and 'naturalism' as weapons in the arsenal of her atheistic opponents."
-- The Philosophical Quarterly

"Ellis' book is one that can be profitably read by anyone who works in meta-ethics, philosophy of religion, theology, and the debates surrounding naturalism. Indeed, one of the most impressive things about the book is the author's range of interests and ability to illuminatingly integrate important ideas drawn from recent English-speaking philosophy, Continental philosophy, and Christian theology. All this makes for a richly rewarding text that should help to shape future discussions on naturalism and its relation to theism and ethics."
-- Religious Studies

About the Author

Fiona Ellis studied philosophy at London and Oxford. She was a lecturer in philosophy at Wadham College for several years before moving to Heythrop College, where she is currently a Senior Lecturer. Dr Ellis is the author of Concepts and Reality in the History of Philosophy: Tracing a philosophical error from Locke to Bradley (Routledge, 2005).

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Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (December 30, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0198714122
ISBN-13: 978-0198714125
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 0.8 x 6.4 inches
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