Description
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.
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窶冱 Scepticisms Marius Backmann 13. Confessionalism and Causation in Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) S. Mark Hamilton and C. Layne Hancock 14. Berkeley窶冱 Role in Theistic Idealism Howard Robinson 15. Idealism in Kant and Berkeley Keith Ward 16. The Metaphysical Existence of Things-in-Themselves in Kant窶冱 Transcendental Idealism Ruben Schneider 17. Dichotomous Monism: Fichte窶冱 Case for the Idealism of Original Duty Halla Kim 18. Schelling and Immaterialism Jason M. Wirth 19. Essential Features of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause窶冱 Idealistic Panentheism Benedikt Paul Göcke 20. How G.W.F. Hegel窶冱 Broadly Platonic Idealism Explains Knowledge, Value, and Freedom Robert M. Wallace 21. Josiah Royce窶冱 Ethical Insight and the Inevitability of Moral Failure Dwayne A. Tunstall 22. Idealism, Husserl, and Monotheism Uwe Meixner 23. Whitehead窶冱 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窶兮n: 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 窶楼ught窶� at the Core of the 窶露s窶� 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
