The Faces of Reason: An Essay on Philosophy and Culture in English Canada1850-1950
By Leslie Armour and Elizabeth Trott
()
About this ebook
The Faces of Reason traces the history of philosophy in English Canada from 1850 to 1950, examining the major English-Canadian philosophers in detail adn setting them in the context of the main currents of Canadian thought. The book concludes with a brief survey of the period after 1950.
What is distinctive in Canadian philosophy, say the authors, is the concept of reason and the uses to which it is put. Reason has interacted with experience in a new world and a cold climate to create a distinctive Canadian community. The diversity of political, geographic, social, and religious factors has fostered a particular kind of thinking, particular ways of reasoning and communicating. Rather than one grand, overarching Canadian way of thinking, there are “many faces of reason,” “a kind of philosophic federalism”.
The book has two dimensions: “it is a continuos story which makes a point about the development of philosophical reason in the Canadian context.... it is a reference work which may be consulted by readers interested in particular figures, ideas, movements, or periods.”
Leslie Armour
Leslie Armour, who received a Ph.D. degree from the University of London, is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa. The major published works of this prolific author are Logic and Reality and The Concept of Truth.
Related to The Faces of Reason
Related ebooks
Freedom, Nature, and World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Definition of a Profession: The Authority of Metaphor in the History of Intelligence Testing, 1890-1930 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Text and Artifact in the Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity: Essays in Honour of Peter Richardson Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsScience, Pseudo-Science and Society Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Story of Philosophy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe History of Scepticism from Erasmus to Spinoza Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAn Elusive Victorian: The Evolution of Alfred Russel Wallace Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRoots and Branches: Current Directions in Slave Studies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEast and West: Allama Jafari on Bertrand Russell Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReforming Philosophy: A Victorian Debate on Science and Society Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Faith of Scientists: In Their Own Words Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPhilosophy of Biology Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsResisting history: Religious transcendence and the invention of the unconscious Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReligion in History / La religion dans l’histoire: The Word, the Idea, the Reality / Le mot, l’idée, la realité Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA History of Oxford Anthropology Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Practical Vision: Essays in English Literature in Honour of Flora Roy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBenjamin Franklin Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOn Human Conflict: The Philosophical Foundations of War and Peace Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Unknowable in Early Modern Thought: Natural Philosophy and the Poetics of the Ineffable Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVictorian Skin: Surface, Self, History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPhilosophy after Darwin: Classic and Contemporary Readings Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Fringes of Belief: English Literature, Ancient Heresy, and the Politics of Freethinking, 1660-1760 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Galileo, Courtier: The Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unraveling the Seven Riddles of the Universe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQuaker Quicks - Quakers and Science Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHumanities in the Present Day Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOccasions Of Faith: Anthropology of Irish Catholics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Moral Mystic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGalileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths about Science and Religion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Philosophy For You
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Human Condition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Inward Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Loving Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beyond Good and Evil Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sun Tzu's The Art of War: Bilingual Edition Complete Chinese and English Text Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Denial of Death Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Republic by Plato Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Experiencing God (2021 Edition): Knowing and Doing the Will of God Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Four Loves Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Meditations: Complete and Unabridged Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar...: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Courage to Be Happy: Discover the Power of Positive Psychology and Choose Happiness Every Day Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bhagavad Gita Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tao Te Ching: Six Translations Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tao Te Ching: A New English Version Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Complete Papyrus of Ani Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lying Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Buddha's Guide to Gratitude: The Life-changing Power of Everyday Mindfulness Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Course in Miracles: Text, Workbook for Students, Manual for Teachers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5History of Western Philosophy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bhagavad Gita (in English): The Authentic English Translation for Accurate and Unbiased Understanding Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for The Faces of Reason
0 ratings0 reviews