The origins of agnosticism : Victorian unbelief and the limits of knowledge

著者

• Lightman, Bernard V.

書誌事項

The origins of agnosticism : Victorian unbelief and the limits of knowledge

Bernard Lightman

（Hopkins Open Publishing : encore editions）

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019

• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-239) and index

Originally published: 1987

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Originally published in 1987. The Origins of Agnosticism provides a reinterpretation of agnosticism and its relationship to science. Professor Lightman examines the epistemological basis of agnostics' learned ignorance, studying their core claim that "God is unknowable." To address this question, he reconstructs the theory of knowledge posited by Thomas Henry Huxley and his network of agnostics. In doing so, Lightman argues that agnosticism was constructed on an epistemological foundation laid by Christian thought. In addition to undermining the continuity in the intellectual history of religious thought, Lightman exposes the religious origins of agnosticism.

目次

Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction. The Power of Modern Agnosticism Chapter 1. The Agnostic Conundrum Chapter 2. Mansel and the Kantian Tradition Chapter 3. Herbert Spencer and the Worship of the Unknowable Chapter 4. Disillusionment with and Attack on Orthodoxy Chapter 5. Religion, Theology, and the Church Agnostic Chapter 6. The New Natural Theology and the Holy Trinity of Agnosticism Conclusion. The Tragedy of Agnosticism Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BC05875555
• ISBN:
  • 9781421431406
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Baltimore
• ページ数/冊数: x, 249 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Agnosticism -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
• 親書誌ID:
  • BB31637648