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almahu_9947414931602882
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1 online resource (xvi, 243 pages) :
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ISBN:
9780511573002 (ebook)
Content:
In this study of Robert Boyle's epistemology, Jan W. Wojcik reveals the theological context within which Boyle developed his views on reason's limits. After arguing that a correct interpretation of his views on 'things above reason' depends upon reading his works in the context of theological controversies in seventeenth-century England, Professor Wojcik details exactly how Boyle's three specific categories of things which transcend reason – the incomprehensible, the inexplicable, and the unsociable – affected his conception of what a natural philosopher could hope to know. Also covered in detail is Boyle's belief that God had deliberately limited the human intellect in order to reserve a full knowledge of both theology and natural philosophy for the afterlife.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Things above Reason: Medieval Context and Concepts.
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Irenaeus and Clement of Alexandria.
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Thomas Aquinas.
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Double-truth and the Law of Noncontradiction.
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Lorenzo Valla.
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Two Approaches Summarized.
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Anglicans and Puritans --
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The Threat of Socinianism.
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The Protestant Background.
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Early Socinianism.
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The "Englishing" of Socnianism.
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Boyle's Response to Socinianism (c. 1652).
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Other Responses to Socinianism.
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Conclusions --
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Predestination Controversies.
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Arminians versus Calvinists.
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Doctrinal Issues.
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Boyle's Seraphic Love.
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Howe's Reconcileableness and Hammond's Pacifick Discourse --
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Theology and the Limits of Reason.
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Style of the Scriptures.
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Reconcileableness of Reason and Religion.
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Things above Reason.
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The Charge of Enthusiasm and Advices.
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Print version: ISBN 9780521560290
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511573002
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https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511573002
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