The Routledge Handbook of Idealism and Immaterialism

by Joshua Farris (Editor), Benedikt Paul Göcke (Editor)

Overview

The influence of materialist ontology largely dominates philosophical and scientific discussions. However, there is a resurgent interest in alternative ontologies from panpsychism (the view that at the base of reality exists potential minds, minds, or mind-lets) to idealism and dualism (the view that all of reality is material and mental).

The Routledge Handbook of Idealism and Immaterialism is an outstanding reference source and the first major collection of its kind. Historically grounded and constructively motivated, it covers the key topics in philosophy, science, and theology, providing students and scholars with a comprehensive introduction to idealism and immaterialism. Also addressed are post-materialism developments, with explicit attention to variations of idealism and immaterialism (the view that reality depends on a mind or a set of minds).

Comprising 44 chapters written by an international and interdisciplinary team of contributors, the Handbook is organised into five clear parts:

• Idealism and the history of philosophy
• Important figures in idealism
• Systematic assessment of idealism
• Idealism and science
• Idealism, physicalism, panpsychism, and substance dualism

Essential reading for students and researchers in metaphysics, philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of mind, The Routledge Handbook of Idealism and Immaterialism will also be of interest to those in related discplines where idealist and immaterialist ontology impinge on history, science, and theology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138502819
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/13/2021
Series:	Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy
Pages:	698
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joshua Farris is a lecturer in philosophy and ethics at Auburn University of Montgomery, USA. He is also Director of Trinity School of Theology. Previously, he was the Chester and Margaret Paluch Professor at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake, Mundelein Seminary, USA, and Fellow at both The Creation Project and Heythrop College, University of London, UK.

Benedikt Paul Göcke is Professor of the philosophy of religion and philosophy of science at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. He is also a research fellow at the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion and an associated member of the faculty of theology at University of Oxford, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction Joshua Farris and Benedikt Paul Göcke  Part 1: Idealism and the History of Philosophy  1. Eastern Philosophy and Idealism Gavin Flood  2. Plato and the Beginnings of Christian Idealism. Metaphysics of Divine and Human Agency in Clement and Origin of Alexandria Christian Hengstermann  3. The Metaphysical Idealism of Eastern Church Fathers Nathan A. Jacobs  4. The Idealism of the Cambridge Platonists Douglas Hedley  5. American Idealism David Boersema  6. German Idealism Samuel Hughes  7. Some Problems from British Idealism Stephen Priest   Part 2: Important Figures in Idealism  8. Cartesian Immaterialism David Leech  9. Panentheism in Anne Conway Karen Felter Vaucanson  10. A Most Subtle Matter: The (Im)materialisms of Anne Conway and Margaret Cavendish Julia Borcherding  11. Leibnizian Idealism Craig Warmke  12. No Induction, no Bodies? On the Relation of Two of Hume’s Scepticisms Marius Backmann  13. Confessionalism and Causation in Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) S. Mark Hamilton and C. Layne Hancock  14. Berkeley’s Role in Theistic Idealism Howard Robinson  15. Idealism in Kant and Berkeley Keith Ward  16. The Metaphysical Existence of Things-in-Themselves in Kant’s Transcendental Idealism Ruben Schneider  17. Dichotomous Monism: Fichte’s Case for the Idealism of Original Duty Halla Kim  18. Schelling and Immaterialism Jason M. Wirth  19. Essential Features of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause’s Idealistic Panentheism Benedikt Paul Göcke  20. How G.W.F. Hegel’s Broadly Platonic Idealism Explains Knowledge, Value, and Freedom Robert M. Wallace  21. Josiah Royce’s Ethical Insight and the Inevitability of Moral Failure Dwayne A. Tunstall  22. Idealism, Husserl, and Monotheism Uwe Meixner  23. Whitehead’s Idealism on a Realistic Basis Stascha Rohmer  24. Heidegger and Idealism Lee Braver  25. Walter Benjamin: Salvation Through Eingedenken: On Monadic Now-Time and the Potential of the Air Ana María Rabe  26. Pannenberg the Idealist? Theodore Whapham  Part 3: Systematic Assessment of Idealism  27. Cartesianizing Idealism Joshua Farris  28. Idealism and Judaism: The Metaphysical Covenant Avital Hazony Levi  29. Idealism and the Qur’an: God and the Others Mahdi Esfahani  30. Philosophical Idealism and the Reformed Theological Tradition: A Preliminary Exploration William B. Evans  31. Idealism and Christian Doctrine Thomas Schärtl  32. Idealism and Indian Philosophy Shyam Ranganathan  33. Cosmological Idealism Markus Gabriel  34. Why Critical Theism Necessarily Copes with Idealism: A Plea for Panentheism Klaus Müller  35. Law in the Living Cosmos: The ‘Ought’ at the Core of the ‘Is’ Freya Mathews  36. Idealism and Common Sense Chad McIntosh  Part 4: Idealism and Science  37. Mind before Matter: The Unexpected Implications of Quantum Cosmology Stephen C. Meyer  38. Idealism and Science: The Quantum-Theoretic and Neuroscientific Foundations of Reality Bruce L. Gordon  39. Idealism and Science Stathis Psillos  Part 5: Idealism, Physicalism, Panpsychism, and Substance Dualism  40. Idealism and the Mind-Body Problem David Chalmers  41. Does Idealism solve the Problem of Consciousness? Ralph S. Weir  42. Substance Dualism and the Idealism/Physicalism Debate J.P. Moreland  43. Why Idealism makes for a better default position than Physicalism Charles Taliaferro  44. Incorporeality Lenn E. Goodman.  Index