C. S. Lewis's Dangerous Idea: In Defense of the Argument from Reason
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- Synopsis
- Darwinists attempt to use science to show that our world and its inhabitants can be fully explained as the product of a mindless, purposeless system of physics and chemistry. Lewis claimed in his argument from reason that if such materialism or naturalism were true, then scientific reasoning itself could not be trusted. Claiming that Lewis's arguments have often been too easily dismissed, Reppert revisits the debate between Lewis and the philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe and demonstrates that the basic thrust of the argument from reason can bear up under the weight of the most serious philosophical attacks. Charging dismissive critics, Christian and not, with ad hominem arguments, Reppert's own rigerous reformulation shows that the greatness of Lewis's mind is best measured not by his ability to do our thinking for us but by his capacity to provide sound direction for taking our own thought further up and further in.
- Copyright:
- 2003
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 132 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780830827329
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 02/14/06
- Copyrighted By:
- Victor Reppert
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Language Arts
- Submitted By:
- Angela Merritt
- Proofread By:
- Lea
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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