Authority, Authoritativeness, and Objectivity
I've just finished reading John Foster's new book, A World For Us: The Case for Phenomenalistic Idealism. Foster had previously defended idealism in his 1982 The Case for Idealism, and many of the basic arguments are the same, though I think the structure is cleaner and easier to grasp. (I've also just finished reading the restored version of Stranger in a Strange Land, so every time I write 'Foster' I'm thinking of the archangel - but that's beside the point.) The main motivation behind Foster's idealism, all the way back to 1982, is the thought that if anything is to...
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Authoritativeness
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Authority
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Contemporary Thinkers
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Ecclesiology
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Epistemology
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Ethics
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Idealism/Phenomenalism
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John Foster
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Metaphysics
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Ontology
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Philosophy
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Realism
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Roman Catholic Church
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The Church
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Theology
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