{"product_id":"9781441167798","title":"Image in Mind Theism, Naturalism, and the Imagination","description":"\u003ch3\u003eContinuum Studies in Philosophy of Religion\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eImage in Mind\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTheism, Naturalism, and the Imagination\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCharles Taliaferro | Jil Evans\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ Philosophy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eA philosophical inquiry into the strengths and weaknesses of theism and naturalism in accounting for the emergence of consciousness, the visual imagination and aesthetic values. The authors begin by offering an account of modern scientific practice which gives a central place to the visual imagination and aesthetic values. They then move to test the explanatory power of naturalism and theism in accounting for consciousness and the very visual imagination and aesthetic values that lie behind and define modern science. Taliaferro and Evans argue that evolutionary biology alone is insufficient to account for consciousness, the visual imagination and aesthetic values. Insofar as naturalism is compelled to go beyond evolutionary biology, it does not fare as well as theism in terms of explanatory power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Taliaferro \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Philosophy at St. Olaf College, USA, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eConsciousness and the Mind of God\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvidence and Faith: Philosophy and religion since the seventeenth century\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Philosophy of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDialogues About God\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Religion: A Beginners Guide\u003c\/i\u003e and the co-author of \u003ci\u003eNaturalism\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Philosophy of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCambridge Platonist Spirituality\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eCambridge Companion to Christian Philosophical Theology\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the philosophy of religion area editor of the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, second edition and is on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eReligious Studies, Sophia, Blackwell's Philosophy Compass, American Philosophical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eArs Disputandi\u003c\/i\u003e. Taliaferro has lectured at Oxford, Cambridge, NYU, Columbia, Princeton, and St. Andrews University. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJil Evans\u003c\/b\u003e (MFA Stanford University) has exhibited her paintings and prints in Minnesota, Chicago, New York City, Michigan, Memphis, Washington D.C., California, Paris, and Rome. Her work is in many private and public collections including the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Halle Ford Museum of Art, Stanford University, Valparaiso University Museum of Art, Steensland Art Museum, Harry and Margaret Anderson Collection of Art, Healthmarc, Inc., Minnetonka Corporation, Piper Jaffray and Hopwood, Central Lakes Colleges, Winthrop and Weinstein, and Coca Cola, Inc. She has received two grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board, in addition a Pew Grant to study and paint in Italy, and residencies at the American Academy in Rome and Atlantic Center for the Arts. Finally, the Jerome Foundation and Arts Midwest\/ National Endowment for the Arts have extended support for her work. Since 1985 she has taught regularly in the Art Department at St. Olaf College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e06 June 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781441167798\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.36\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331696525452,"sku":"9781441167798","price":42.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_bfa446d4-48d6-4ac4-a57d-71b8441bede4.jpg?v=1783598449","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781441167798","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}