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Book SynopsisExplored by scholars, in some manner the values they find inherent in the world, their nature, and revelence through the thought of Frederick FerrZ, these essays coming from manifold perspectives - ethics, philosophy, theology, and environmental studies, advance an ambitious challenge to intellectual and scholarly fashions.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 On the Soul Chapter 3 Ferré's Postmodern Metaphysical Support for the Soul Chapter 4 Explorations in Personalistic Organicism Chapter 5 Human Reality and The Form of the Good Chapter 6 The Emergentist Alternative: A Critique of Pansubjectivism Chapter 7 Philosophy of Religion After Postmodernism Chapter 8 The Process of Wisdom: Understanding the Contours of Ferré's Being and Value Chapter 9 Frederick Ferré's Epistemic Norms Interpret Evolution Chapter 10 Metaphor and the Limits of Language Chapter 11 Is Ecology a Postmodern Science? Chapter 12 Ferré's Organismic Theory of Natural Values Chapter 13 Value in Nature: The Contribution of Frederick Ferré to Environmental Philosophy Chapter 14 Theism and the Crisis in Moral Theory: Rethinking Modern Autonomy Chapter 15 God Revisited Chapter 16 Ferré Without God: A Shift to a Neo-Whiteheadian Humanistic Naturalism Chapter 17 A Lamp to Our Doubts: Ferré, Hartshorne, and Theistic Arguments Chapter 18 Metascience, Technique and Radiobiology: Using a Contemporary Case to Investigate Ferré's Account of "Technolatry" Chapter 19 Frederick Ferré and Pragmatist Activism Chapter 20 Global Enviormental Givernance: Why We Need a World Environment Organization Chapter 21 On Listening Chapter 22 A Brief Ode to an Intellectual Otter Chapter 23 Frederick Ferré as Mensch: The Personal Side(s) of an Active Scholar Chapter 24 Biographical Essay