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Book SynopsisA Twentieth-Century Collision explores intellectual culture in the United States during the twentieth century, a topic which cannot be understood without attention to the gradual narrowing of the scope of (academic) philosophy and its diminishing influence. This narrowing signifies a growing indifference to, and elimination of, genuinely metaphysical and prescriptively ethical questions, as well as the bifurcation of faith and reason. American Catholic universities, it is contended in this book, can render a seriously-needed contribution to combating the negative effects of this historical development, one of which is the separation of questions concerning the ultimate meaning of life from rational inquiry. This thesis is pursued by 1) reviewing a highly selectivebut also highly representativesample of pertinent mainstream philosophical principles, and 2) comparing them with principles of Pope John Paul II found in three documents in which he elaborates his views on the nature and rol
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Chapter One - American Philosophy in the Twentieth Century Chapter 5 Chapter Two - Teaching Philosophy in a Catholic University According to John Paul II Chapter 6 Conclusion Chapter 7 Bibliography of Materials Used Chapter 8 Bibliography of Works Cited Chapter 9 Index of Names
