The Transcendence of the Cave (Routledge Revivals)

The Transcendence of the Cave (Routledge Revivals) PDF Author: John Niemeyer Findlay
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136625542
Category : Phenomenalism
Languages : en
Pages : 219

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Book Description
First published in 1967, The Transcendence of the Cave is the second in a series of Gifford Lectures on philosophical issues, and continues the themes of the first series entitled The Discipline of the Cave. In the opening chapters, J N Findlay sketches an ontology, an axiology and a theology which are 'phenomenological' in the sense of Husserl, as they attempt to show that a 'firmament' of logical and other values emerges out of the contingencies of first order liking and interest. The synthesis of these values in an object having many paradoxical, mystical-religious properties is also a n.