Optimism and the Best Possible World
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Optimism—broadly, the thesis that God does the best, or that this is the best possible world—is often associated with the philosophy of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. However, there exists a rich tradition of philosophical optimism not only after Leibniz, but before him as well. The chapters in this volume address the philosophical nuances of optimism within the ancient, medieval, enlightenment, modern, and contemporary eras. They cover a variety of thinkers ranging from Plato, Aquinas, Rousseau, Voltaire, Jonathan Edwards, the new optimists of 19th-century France, and the non-theistic optimists of the 20th century.
Optimism and the Best Possible World will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of religion, history of philosophy, religious history, and intellectual history.
Justin J. Daeley teaches online philosophy for Liberty University, Lynchburg Virginia, USA. Daeley specializes in the philosophy of religion, philosophical theology, and Leibniz studies. He has published in academic journals like Sophia, Religious Studies, Philosophia Christi, and The Leibniz Review. His most recent book publication is Why God Must Do What is Best: A Philosophical Investigation of Theistic Optimism (2021).
1. Introduction Justin J. Daeley 2. Optimism in Plato and the Neoplatonic Tradition Katherin A. Rogers 3. Thomas Aquinas and the (No) Best Possible World B. Kyle Keltz 4. Leibniz’s Optimism and the Problem of Evil Julia Weckend 5. Rousseau versus Voltaire on Optimism Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra 6. Jonathan Edwards and the Early New England Theistic Optimism Justin J. Daeley 7. The Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Melioristic Turn in the Optimism Debate Lloyd Strickland 8. Non-theistic Optimism in Recent Philosophy Eric Steinhart 9. The Argument from Addition for No Best World Daniel Rubio 10. An Unsurpassable World Nevin Climenhaga 11. The Best of Everything Graham Oppy
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.2.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 8 Tables, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-46310-4 / 1032463104 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-46310-0 / 9781032463100 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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