The Routledge Handbook of Idealism and Immaterialism (Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy)

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. 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 organized 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 disciplines where idealist and immaterialist ontology impinge on history, science, and theology. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series 3 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 Notes on contributors 13 Acknowledgements 19 Introducing idealism and immaterialism 20 Part 1 Idealism and the history of philosophy 30 1 Eastern philosophy and idealism 32 2 Plato and the beginnings of Christian idealism: metaphysics of divine and human agency in clement and Origen of Alexandria 43 3 The metaphysical idealism of the Eastern Church fathers 61 4 The idealism of the Cambridge Platonists 88 5 American idealism 98 6 German idealism 110 7 Some problems from British idealism 121 Part 2 Important figures in idealism 138 8 Cartesian immaterialism 140 9 Panentheism in Anne Conway 152 10 A most subtle matter: the (im)materialisms of Anne Conway and Margaret Cavendish 167 11 Leibnizian idealism 186 12 No induction, no bodies? on the relation of two of Hume’s skepticisms 198 13 Confessionalism and causation in Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) 210 14 Berkeley’s role in theistic idealism 229 15 Idealism in Kant and Berkeley 242 16 The metaphysical existence of things in themselves in Kant’s transcendental idealism 248 17 Dichotomous monism: Fichte’s case for the idealism of original duality 259 18 Schelling and immaterialism 271 19 Essential features of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause’s idealistic panentheism 279 20 How G.W.F. Hegel’s broadly Platonic idealism explains knowledge, value, and freedom 296 21 Josiah Royce’s ethical insight and the inevitability of moral failure 305 22 Idealism, Husserl, and monotheism 319 23 Whitehead’s idealism on a realistic basis 337 24 Heidegger and idealism 349 25 Walter Benjamin: salvation through Eingedenken: on monadic now-time and the potential of the air 359 26 Pannenberg the idealist? 374 Part 3 Systematic assessment of idealism 386 27 Cartesianizing idealism 388 28 Idealism and Judaism: the metaphysical covenant 396 29 Idealism and the Qur’an: God and the others 409 30 Philosophical idealism and the Reformed theological tradition: a preliminary exploration 421 31 Idealism and Christian doctrine 438 32 Idealism and Indian philosophy 457 33 Cosmological idealism 474 34 Why critical theism cannot do without idealism: a plea for panentheism 486 35 Law in the living cosmos: the ‘ought’ at the core of the ‘is’ 500 36 Idealism and common sense 515 Part 4 Idealism and science 526 37 Mind before matter: the unexpected implications of quantum cosmology 528 38 Idealism and science: the quantum-theoretic and neuroscientific foundations of reality 555 39 Idealism and science 595 Part 5 Idealism, physicalism, panpsychism, and substance dualism 608 40 Idealism and the mind-body problem 610 41 Does idealism solve the problem of consciousness? 633 42 Substance dualism and the idealism/physicalism debate 650 43 Why idealism makes for a better default position than physicalism 661 44 Incorporeality 667 Index 679 idealism;,immaterialism;,philosophy;,theology idealism,immaterialism,philosophy,theology "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 is 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 forty-four 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 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"-- Provided by publisher