Logic, God and Metaphysics
The papers in this volume are in honor of Bowman L. Clarke. Bowman Clarke earned degrees from Millsaps College, the University of Mississippi, and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, including the PhD in philosophy from Emory in 1961. He spent most of h
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STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION Volume 15
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Logic, God and Metaphysics
edited by
JAMES FRANKLIN HARRIS College o/William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, U.sA.
Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data LogiC, God, and metaphysics I edited by James Franklin Harris, p. cm. -- (Studies in philosophy and religion ; v. 15) Festschrift in honor of Bowman L. Clarke. Includes index. lSBN 978-94-010-5181-1 lSBN 978-94'{)11-2670,{) (eBook) D0110.1007/978-94-011-2670,{) 1. God. 2. Metaphysics. 3. Religlon--Phl1osophy. 4. LogiC. 1. Harris, James F. (James Franklln). 1941II. Clarke, Baw.an L. III. Series: Studies in phi1osophy and religlo~ (Martlnus NijhOff Publishers) ; v. 15. BL205.L64 1992 210--dc20 91-33795
ISBN 978-94-010-5181-1
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Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations of Published Works of Alfred North Whitehead Preface Introduction
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1. The Aesthetic Dimensions of Religious Experience Charles Hartshorne 2. Can Whitehead's God be Rescued from Process Theism? Lewis S. Ford 3. God and Process Rem B. Edwards 4. On Divine Perfection William L. Power 5. God, Eternality, and the View from Nowhere James F. Harris 6. Religious Pluralism and the Ground of Religious Faith Eugene T. Long 7. Models, Modality, and Natural Theology John T. Dunlap 8. Some New Problems for Constructive Speculation Lucio Chiaraviglio 9. Regions, Boundaries, and Points R. Lance Factor 10. Logical Construction, Whitehead, and God Bowman L. Clarke List of Contributors
9 19 41 59 73 87 99 111 121 131 151
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Bowman L. Clarke, 1927-....
List of Abbreviations of Published Works of Alfred North Whitehead
PR SWM eN RM FR AI ~
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Process and Reality Science and the Modern World The Concept of Nature Religion in the Making The Function of Reason Adventures of Ideas Modes of Thought Nature and Life
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Preface
The papers in this volume are in honor of Bowman L. Clarke. Bowman Clarke earned degrees from Millsaps College, the University of Mississippi, and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, including the PhD in philosophy from Emory in 1961. He spent most of his academic career, a total of twenty-nine years, as a member of the Philosophy Department of the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, from which he retired in 1990. He also served as Head of the Department for several years. He has held many positions of distinction in professional societies, including President of the Georgia Philosophical Society, President of the Societ
