Atheistic Platonism

A Manifesto

Eric Charles Steinhart (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

IX, 343 Seiten

2022 | 1st ed. 2023
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-17751-4 (ISBN)

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Atheistic Platonism is an alternative to both theism and nihilistic atheism. It shows how any jobs allegedly done by God are better done by impersonal Platonic objects. Without Platonic objects, atheism degenerates into an illogical nihilism. Atheistic Platonism instead provides reality with foundations that are eternal, necessary, rational, beautiful, and utterly mindless. It argues for a plenitude of mathematical objects, and an infinite plurality of possible universes. It provides mindless rational grounds for objective values, and for objective moral laws for the persons who evolve in universes. It defines a meaningful way of life, which facilitates self-improvement. Atheistic Platonists argue for computational theories of life after death. Atheistic Platonism includes a rich system of spiritual symbols. It values transformational practices and ecstatic experiences. Where atheisms based on materialism fail, atheisms based on Platonism succeed.

lt;b>Eric Steinhart is Professor of Philosophy at William Paterson University. Besides many articles and books, he has authored Your Digital Afterlives: Computational Theories of Life after Death and Believing in Dawkins: The New Spiritual Atheism.

Chapter 1: Renewing Atheism.- Chapter 2: Starting at the Bottom.- Chapter 3: The One Emanates the Forms.- Chapter 4: The Cosmic Forms.- Chapter 5: The World Tree.- Chapter 6: The Emergence of Value.- Chapter 7: Emergence of Life.- Chapter 8: Platonism as a Way of Life.- Chapter 9: Multiverse Rebirth.- Chapter 10: To Call the World Tree.- Chapter 11: Atheistic Mysticism.

Erscheinungsdatum	02.12.2022
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion
Zusatzinfo	IX, 343 p. 10 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	558 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
Schlagworte	Atheistic Platonism • Christian theism • Meaning • Mysticism • Values
ISBN-10	3-031-17751-7 / 3031177517
ISBN-13	978-3-031-17751-4 / 9783031177514
Zustand	Neuware