Evil and Intelligibility: A Grammatical Metacritique of the Problem of Evil: Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy and Religion, cartea 379
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789004524781
ISBN-10: 9004524789
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy and Religion
ISBN-10: 9004524789
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy and Religion
Notă biografică
Lauri Snellman is a Doctor of Theology (Helsinki, 2020). He is currently investigating the logic of worldviews in a research project at the Universities of Helsinki and Uppsala. He has written papers on Peirce’s pragmatism, Hamann, Wittgenstein, and the problem of evil.
Cuprins
List of Tables and Diagrams
1Introduction
2The Presuppositions of the Problem of Evil
2.1 Defining the Problems of Evil and Theodicism
2.2 Evil and Dualism in Modern Thought
2.2.1Footnotes to Plato: Dualism and the Background for the Problem of Evil
2.2.2The Problem of Evil as a Central Problem of Modern Thought
2.2.3The Presuppositions of Theodicy in the Modern Debate
2.2.4The Dualisms behind the Problem of Evil
2.2.4.1 The Modern Concept of the Fact
2.2.4.2 Appearances, Meanings, Real Facts and Values
2.2.4.3 The Principle of Sufficient Reason
2.2.5The General Argument from Evil
2.3 Theism, Atheism and the Presuppositions of Theodicy
2.3.1Leibnizian Theism as a Solution to the Problem of Intelligibility
2.3.2Theodicism in Contemporary Philosophy of Religion
2.3.2.1 Mackie and Atheistic Analytic Theodicism
2.3.2.2 William Rowe and Divine Goodness
2.3.2.3 Plantinga on Omnipotence and Freedom
2.3.3The Neo-Leibnizian Nature of the Current Debate
3Metaphysics, Grammar and Evil: In Search of a Method
3.1 The Project of Antitheodicy
3.1.1Antitheodicies: Conceptual, Moral and Moralistic
3.1.2Antitheodicy and the Critique of Reason
3.1.2.1 Kantian Antitheodicism
3.1.2.2 Jamesian Antitheodicism
3.1.2.3 Hamannian Antitheodicism
3.1.3Some Preliminary Arguments for Hamannian Antitheodicism
3.2 Philosophical Grammar and Grammatical Metacritique
3.2.1Insights from Wittgenstein
3.2.2Insights from Hamann
3.2.3An Overview of Philosophical Grammar
3.3 The Metaphysical Modelling Debate in Analytic Philosophy
3.3.1Matter, Form and Metaphysics
3.3.2Metaphysics in the Good Company of Science?
3.3.3The Antinomy of Metaphysical Realism
4Language-Games, Categories and Practical Intelligibility
4.1 Language-Games: A Definition and Examples
4.2 The Practical Objectivity of Concepts and Models
4.2.1Language-Games, Rules and the Possibility of Representation
4.2.2Modelling, Morphisms and Hermeneutics
4.2.3Realism, Idealism and the “Practical Matter-of-Factness” of Language
4.2.4The Genealogical Priority of Language-Games
4.3 Language-Games and Categories for Being Qua Being
4.3.1Language-Games for the Concept of Being
4.3.2Discourse Possibilities for Seeking and Finding
4.3.2.1 Logical Forms and the Categories of Language Use
4.3.2.2 Categories as Types of Encountering Objects
4.3.2.3 Categories as Types of Concepts and Types of Objects in Encounters
4.3.3Categories, being and the Models of Metaphysics
4.4 The Objectivity of Metaphysical Concepts and Models
5Facts, Meanings and the Logic of Systemic Identification
5.1 Identification and Grammar
5.1.1The Logic of Identification and Categories
5.1.2Functions, Systems, Elements and Institutions for Identification
5.1.3The Location of Individuals in Relationships and Identification
5.2 The Intertwining of Facts and Meanings
5.2.1Seeing Facts as Meaningful in Language-Games
5.2.2Facts, Meanings and Objects in Their Systemic Context
5.2.3Some Examples and a Summary
6The Principle of Reason and the Question of Intelligibility
6.1 The Principle of Sufficient Reason and Reasons for It
6.1.1Definitions and Consequences of the Principle of Reason
6.1.2Reasons for and against the Principle of Reason
6.1.3The Principle of the Ground of Metaphysics and the Problem of Evil
6.2 Practical and Relational Intelligibility as a Critique of the psr
6.2.1The Ambiguity of the Principle and the Plurality of Reasons
6.2.2The Location of Reasons in Language-Games and Relationships
6.2.2.1 The Ground of “Reasons” and “Grounds” in Language-Games
6.2.2.2 The Grounds for Logical Spaces and Essences
6.2.2.3 The Contingency of Necessity
6.2.3The Question of Reason and the Question of God
7The Grammar of Worldviews and the Fallacies of Theodicism
7.1 Narratives, Virtues and Worldviews
7.1.1Facts, Virtues and Narrative Identification
7.1.2Humanistic Meaningfulness: Moral Responsibility, Virtue and Tragedy
7.1.3Virtues and the Religious Concept of Salvation
7.2 Theological Grammar, Divine Goodness and Omnipotence
7.2.1Theological Grammar and the Logic of Scripture
7.2.2Theological Grammar, Goodness and Omnipotence
7.3 Biblical Grammar and the Fallacies of Theodicism
7.3.1The Gospels and the Redemptive Sovereignty of God
7.3.2Metaphors in the Book of Job and the Fallacies of Theodicism
7.3.2.1 Metaphors for God and Man in the Book of Job
7.3.2.2 The Speeches of Job and Atheistic Theodicism
7.3.2.3 The Speeches of Job’s “Friends” and Theistic Theodicism
6.3.2.4 The Speech of God and a New Grammar for “God”
8Why the Argument from Evil Is Fallacious
9Conclusion: The Problem of Evil and the Problem of Intelligibility
Bibliography
Index
1Introduction
2The Presuppositions of the Problem of Evil
2.1 Defining the Problems of Evil and Theodicism
2.2 Evil and Dualism in Modern Thought
2.2.1Footnotes to Plato: Dualism and the Background for the Problem of Evil
2.2.2The Problem of Evil as a Central Problem of Modern Thought
2.2.3The Presuppositions of Theodicy in the Modern Debate
2.2.4The Dualisms behind the Problem of Evil
2.2.4.1 The Modern Concept of the Fact
2.2.4.2 Appearances, Meanings, Real Facts and Values
2.2.4.3 The Principle of Sufficient Reason
2.2.5The General Argument from Evil
2.3 Theism, Atheism and the Presuppositions of Theodicy
2.3.1Leibnizian Theism as a Solution to the Problem of Intelligibility
2.3.2Theodicism in Contemporary Philosophy of Religion
2.3.2.1 Mackie and Atheistic Analytic Theodicism
2.3.2.2 William Rowe and Divine Goodness
2.3.2.3 Plantinga on Omnipotence and Freedom
2.3.3The Neo-Leibnizian Nature of the Current Debate
3Metaphysics, Grammar and Evil: In Search of a Method
3.1 The Project of Antitheodicy
3.1.1Antitheodicies: Conceptual, Moral and Moralistic
3.1.2Antitheodicy and the Critique of Reason
3.1.2.1 Kantian Antitheodicism
3.1.2.2 Jamesian Antitheodicism
3.1.2.3 Hamannian Antitheodicism
3.1.3Some Preliminary Arguments for Hamannian Antitheodicism
3.2 Philosophical Grammar and Grammatical Metacritique
3.2.1Insights from Wittgenstein
3.2.2Insights from Hamann
3.2.3An Overview of Philosophical Grammar
3.3 The Metaphysical Modelling Debate in Analytic Philosophy
3.3.1Matter, Form and Metaphysics
3.3.2Metaphysics in the Good Company of Science?
3.3.3The Antinomy of Metaphysical Realism
4Language-Games, Categories and Practical Intelligibility
4.1 Language-Games: A Definition and Examples
4.2 The Practical Objectivity of Concepts and Models
4.2.1Language-Games, Rules and the Possibility of Representation
4.2.2Modelling, Morphisms and Hermeneutics
4.2.3Realism, Idealism and the “Practical Matter-of-Factness” of Language
4.2.4The Genealogical Priority of Language-Games
4.3 Language-Games and Categories for Being Qua Being
4.3.1Language-Games for the Concept of Being
4.3.2Discourse Possibilities for Seeking and Finding
4.3.2.1 Logical Forms and the Categories of Language Use
4.3.2.2 Categories as Types of Encountering Objects
4.3.2.3 Categories as Types of Concepts and Types of Objects in Encounters
4.3.3Categories, being and the Models of Metaphysics
4.4 The Objectivity of Metaphysical Concepts and Models
5Facts, Meanings and the Logic of Systemic Identification
5.1 Identification and Grammar
5.1.1The Logic of Identification and Categories
5.1.2Functions, Systems, Elements and Institutions for Identification
5.1.3The Location of Individuals in Relationships and Identification
5.2 The Intertwining of Facts and Meanings
5.2.1Seeing Facts as Meaningful in Language-Games
5.2.2Facts, Meanings and Objects in Their Systemic Context
5.2.3Some Examples and a Summary
6The Principle of Reason and the Question of Intelligibility
6.1 The Principle of Sufficient Reason and Reasons for It
6.1.1Definitions and Consequences of the Principle of Reason
6.1.2Reasons for and against the Principle of Reason
6.1.3The Principle of the Ground of Metaphysics and the Problem of Evil
6.2 Practical and Relational Intelligibility as a Critique of the psr
6.2.1The Ambiguity of the Principle and the Plurality of Reasons
6.2.2The Location of Reasons in Language-Games and Relationships
6.2.2.1 The Ground of “Reasons” and “Grounds” in Language-Games
6.2.2.2 The Grounds for Logical Spaces and Essences
6.2.2.3 The Contingency of Necessity
6.2.3The Question of Reason and the Question of God
7The Grammar of Worldviews and the Fallacies of Theodicism
7.1 Narratives, Virtues and Worldviews
7.1.1Facts, Virtues and Narrative Identification
7.1.2Humanistic Meaningfulness: Moral Responsibility, Virtue and Tragedy
7.1.3Virtues and the Religious Concept of Salvation
7.2 Theological Grammar, Divine Goodness and Omnipotence
7.2.1Theological Grammar and the Logic of Scripture
7.2.2Theological Grammar, Goodness and Omnipotence
7.3 Biblical Grammar and the Fallacies of Theodicism
7.3.1The Gospels and the Redemptive Sovereignty of God
7.3.2Metaphors in the Book of Job and the Fallacies of Theodicism
7.3.2.1 Metaphors for God and Man in the Book of Job
7.3.2.2 The Speeches of Job and Atheistic Theodicism
7.3.2.3 The Speeches of Job’s “Friends” and Theistic Theodicism
6.3.2.4 The Speech of God and a New Grammar for “God”
8Why the Argument from Evil Is Fallacious
9Conclusion: The Problem of Evil and the Problem of Intelligibility
Bibliography
Index