The Origins of Agnosticism : Victorian Unbelief and the Limits of Knowledge

The Origins of Agnosticism Victorian Unbelief and the Limits of Knowledge

Originally published in 1987. The Origins of Agnosticism provides a reinterpretation of agnosticism and its relationship to science. Professor Lightman examines the epistemological basis of agnostics' learned ignorance, studying their core claim that "God is unknowable." To address th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Lightman, Bernard V., 1950-, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Johns Hopkins University Press
Materias:
Agnosticism > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 19th century.
European history
Electronic books.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The power of modern agnosticism
  • The adnostic conundrum
  • Mansel and the Kantian tradition
  • Herbert Spencer and the worship of the unknowable
  • Disillusionment with attack on orthodoxy
  • Religion, theology, and the church agnostic
  • The new natural theology and the holy trinity of agnosticism
  • The tragedy of agnosticism.

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