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XIII. Basile et al., Consciousness, Reality and Value
Pierfrancesco Basile and Leemon McHenry (eds.), Consciousness, Reality and Value : Essays in Honor of T.L.S. Sprigge, 2007. (330 p. ; ISBN 978-3-938793-71-8 ; 98 €)
Timothy Sprigge has been a major player on the philosophical scene contributing to discussions as diverse as consciousness, the ontology of time, personal identity, animal rights, punishment, censorship and wider issues in metaphysics, ethics and the history of philosophy. He is, however, less well known for his own highly original system of metaphysics and ethics—a synthesis of Absolute Idealism, panpsychism and utilitarianism. The contributions gathered in this volume, written by philosophers of international reputation or by acknowledged scholars in their specialized fields of inquiry, engage themes in his metaphysics and ethics and provide a critical assessment of his ideas and arguments. In a concluding essay, Sprigge answers the most significant objections raised by his critics : the final result is an engaging dialogue on the perennial and most fundamental questions of philosophy.
Table of Contents
Preface
Leemon B. McHenry, The Philosophical Idealism of T. Sprigge
Richard M. Gale, T. Sprigge : The Grinch and the Stole Time
Geoffrey Madell, T. Sprigge and Panpsychism
Alastair Hannay, Dialectical Ascent on a Spriggean Theme
Nicholas Rescher, What Sort of Idealism is Viable Today ?
James W. Allard, Sprigge Vindication of Concrete Universals
Pierfrancesco Basile, The Compounding of Consciousness
William Mander, From Consciousness to the Absolute
John Leslie, How Many Divine Minds ?
Peter Forrest, Sprigge’s Spinoza
Leslie Armour, Idealism and God
William Sweet, God, Sprigge, and Idealist Philosophy of Religion
Pauline Phemister, A Leibnizian God of Metaphysics ?
Marcus Peter Ford, God and Evil, A Process Perspective
John Llewelyn, Ecosophy, Sophophily and Philotheria
Ted Honderich, The Principle of Humanity and the Principle of Utility
Timothy L. S. Sprigge, My Philosophy and Some Defense of It
Selected Publications of T.L.S. Sprigge