History, Religion, and Spiritual Democracy Essays in Honor of Joseph L. Blau / / Maurice Wohlgelernter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• TeilnehmendeR: Blumenthal, David R.; Hare, Peter H.; Martin,, James A.; Radest, Howard B.; Wohlgelernter, Maurice,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1980]; ©1980
• Year of Publication: 1980
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

A collection of essays by the students of Joseph L. Blau in honor of their professor on the topics of the philosophy of religion, the history and philosophy of Judaism, American philosophy, and social philosophy.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Joseph L. Blau: In Appreciation / Baron, Salo W. / Buchler, Justus / Gutmann, James / Kristeller, Paul O. / Schneider, Herbert W. -- Introduction. Joseph Leon Blau: Four Ways of Religion and Philosophy / Wohlgelernter, Maurice -- One. Naturalism and Super naturali sm Revisited -- Introduction -- 1. John Dewey: The Evolution of a Faith / Rockefeller, Steven C. -- 2. "The God of Our Children": The Humanist Reconstruction of God / Bulman, Raymond F. -- 3. The Supernatural in the Naturalists / Shea, William M. -- 4. The Esthetic, the Religious, and the Natural / Martin, James A. -- Two. Perspectives on the History of Judaism -- Introduction -- 5. Dating a Mishnah-Tractate: The Case of Tamid / Neusner, Jacob -- 6. The Creator and the Computer / Blumenthal, David R. -- 7. Martin Buber and the No-Self Perspective / Wyschogrod, Edith -- Three. American Philosophical Reflections -- Introduction -- 8. Asa Mahan and the Oberlin Philosophy / Madden, Edward H. -- 9. Spires of Influence: The Importance of Emerson for Classical American Philosophy / Mcdermott, John J. -- 10. Santayana and the Ideal of Reason / Greenlee, Douglas -- 11. The Development of William James's Epistemological Realism / Hare, Peter H. / Chakrabarti, Chandana -- Four. The Teacher As Moral Agent -- Introduction -- 12. The New Censors of Science / Kurtz, Paul -- 13. Equality and Excellence in the Democratic Ideal / Norton, David L. -- 14. Toward a Post-Enlightenment Doctrine of Human Rights / Shinn, Roger L. -- 15. Schooling and the Search for a Usable Politics / Radest, Howard B. -- Joseph L. Blau: A Bibliography / Dekay, Sam -- Index -- Notes on Contributors