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Rationality as Virtue Lydia Schumacher

Rationality as Virtue By Lydia Schumacher

Rationality as Virtue by Lydia Schumacher


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Rationality as Virtue: Towards a Theological Philosophy by Lydia Schumacher

For much of the modern period, theologians and philosophers of religion have struggled with the problem of proving that it is rational to believe in God. Drawing on the thought of Thomas Aquinas, this book lays the foundation for an innovative effort to overturn the longstanding problem of proving faith's rationality, and to establish instead that rationality requires to be explained by appeals to faith. To this end, Schumacher advances the constructive argument that rationality is not only an epistemological question concerning the soundness of human thoughts, which she defines in terms of intellectual virtue. Ultimately, it is an ethical question whether knowledge is used in ways that promote an individual's own flourishing and that of others. That is to say, rationality in its paradigmatic form is a matter of moral virtue, which should nonetheless entail intellectual virtue. This conclusion sets the stage for Schumacher's argument in a companion book, Theological Philosophy, which explains how Christian faith provides an exceptionally robust rationale for rationality, so construed, and is intrinsically rational in that sense.

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Schumacher advances the bold claim that the Christian life establishes not just the plausibility or attractiveness, but the rationality of faith. In this first installment of an ambitious two-part project, she patiently assembles a pro-theology philosophy, i.e., a teleological account of rationality as inherently ordered to ethical ends. The pursuit of knowledge is shown as fully intelligible only when placed within the context of the task of perfecting ourselves as the particular kind of creatures we are. The result is a significant and original contribution that ranges ably over the terrain of ontology, theory of knowledge, virtue epistemology, and virtue ethics. Jennifer Herdt, Yale Divinity School, USA Schumacher provides a sophisticated account of how reason and faith should be understood by Christians and philosophers not sympathetic to Christianity. She draws on the work of classical theologians while also paying attention to contemporary thinkers. And she does so to good effect. Brian Davies, Fordham University, USA

About Lydia Schumacher

Dr Lydia Schumacher is Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, School of Divinity. Her previous books include Divine Illumination: The History and Future of Augustines Theory of Knowledge and the three-volume Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine, for which she served as both co-editor and contributor.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Rationality as Virtue; Necessary Conditions for Pro-Theology Philosophy; The Ontology of Participation; The Ontology of Knowledge; The Conditions for Knowledge; Rationality; Sufficient Conditions for Pro-Theology Philosophy; Deficient Conditions for Pro-Theology Philosophy; Sufficient Conditions for Pro-Theology Philosophy; Towards a Theological Philosophy;

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GOR013712207
9781138053274
1138053279
Rationality as Virtue: Towards a Theological Philosophy by Lydia Schumacher
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2017-03-31
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