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Philosophy and Religion in the West
- Narrated by: Phillip Cary
- Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins
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Summary
Professor Cary explores thousands of years of deep reflection and brilliant debate over the nature of God, the human self, and the world in these 32 lectures. It's a debate that serves as a vivid introduction to the rich and complex history shared by the West's central religious and philosophical traditions.
Whether you're a believer, a seeker, or both, you'll find much to spark your deepest ponderings in these talks on the long and rich interplay between faith and reason. You'll join Professor Cary on the fascinating search for answers about the similar questions philosophy and faith ask: What is the ultimate reality? What can we know, or what should we believe about it? To learn how these crucial issues have been discussed over the past three millennia is to enter the core of our intellectual heritage - to find the origin of some of our deepest perplexities and most cherished aspirations. It is a comprehensive journey - intellectually, philosophically, and spiritually - but one which requires no special background. By the end of these lectures, you'll gain a new or sharpened fluency in issues that include the historical interaction between philosophical traditions (such as Platonism) and religious traditions (such as Judaism and Christianity); the synthesis of philosophy and religion that characterized the "classical theism" of the medieval period; the most prominent philosophical criticisms of religion; and the reasons why many religious thinkers of the 20th century are suspicious of the alliances between philosophy and religion.
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- Tobias Engberg
- 15-07-18
Very good, indeed
I appreciated so much about these lectures, for example his way of giving justice to viewpoints with wich he disagrees, and his pointing to THE fact that we should believe things to be truee just because ge says them. And ge has a super-impressive breadth of knowledge.
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- Dcl Bester
- 01-06-18
Wonderful lecture series
Simply the best overview that I've heard. Great speaker with great insights. Highly recommended for curious minds.
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- LM C
- 11-02-19
Great listen!
I personally loved this audiobook. It will serve as great intro to many figures and their works, allowing you choose specific ones for further study.
It would be a great idea to have knowledge of the classical laws of logic, in order to cut through some of the self-refuting works presented that were not pressed nearly as much as they should've been by professor Cary (especially the parts by Kant, Marx & some psychologists).
My last criticism would be the in the criticism of the Scholastic arguments for God's existence. As a current student of Metaphysics (and a Convert on the arguments, after an agonizing process) it was a mistake that I wasn't ready nor willing to let slip by. Such as not differentiating between accidentally vs essentially ordered causes. This is a crucial point and the reason why Aristotelians couldn't escape the conclusions, despite their belief in past-eternal (never ending) chain of causes. Perhaps the audiobook was produced in a time when the subject was less talked about, however it is not a new development, nor something even an ardent opponent of proofs for the existence of God, like Dr Arif Ahmed (atheist professor at Cambridge) would deny exists (that is, the difference between accidentally and essentially causes & the logical entailment) which is why he subscribes to brute facts.
Overall, great listen & would recommend to everyone I know.
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- Joe Brown
- 01-05-18
Good insights, but some errors
Useful summaries of Plato etc., but got Gnosticism VERY WRONG INDEED. This part was disappointing.
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