Teleology and modernity /

The main and original contribution of this volume is to offer a discussion of teleology through the prism of religion, philosophy and history. The goal is to incorporate teleology within discussions across these three disciplines rather than restrict it to one as is customarily the case. The chapter...

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Other Authors: Gibson, William, 1959- (Editor), O'Brien, Dan, 1968- (Editor), Turda, Marius (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2020.
Series:Routledge approaches to history ; 29.
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Table of Contents:
  • "We apply these tools to our morals": eighteenth-century Freemasonry, a case study in teleology / Richard Berrman
  • Teleologies and religion in the eighteenth century / William Gibson
  • John Wesley and the teleology of education / Linda A. Ryan
  • Teleology and race / Marius Turda
  • Charles Darwin and the argument for design / David Redvaldsen
  • Teleology and Jewish heretical religiosity: Nietzsche and Rosenzweig / David Ohana
  • Can the sciences do without final causes? / Stephen Boulter
  • Hume, teleology and the "science of man" / Lorenzo Greco and Dan O'Brien
  • What is the function of morality? / Mark Cain
  • Is intuitive teleological reasoning promiscuous? / Johan de Smedt and Helen de Cruz.