The Problem of Evil in Early Modern Philosophy (Toronto Studies in Philosophy) - Hardcover

Kremer, Elmar J.; Latzer, Michael J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802035523 ISBN 13: 9780802035523

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2001

Synopsis

Many distinct, controvertial issues are to be found within the labyrinthine twists and turns of the problem of evil. For philosophers of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centures, evil presented a challenge to the consistency and rationality of the world-picture disclosed by the new way of ideas. In dealing with this challenge, however, philosophers were also concerned with their positions in the theological debates about original sin, free will, and justification that were the legacy of the Protestant Reformation to European intellectual life. Emerging from a conference on the problem of evil in the early modern period held at the University of Toronto in 1999, the papers in this collection represent some of the best original work being done today on the theodicies of such early modern philosophers as Leibniz, Suarez, Spinoza, Malebranche, and Pierre Bayle.

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About the Authors

Elmar J. Kremer is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto.

Michael J. Latzer is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Gannon University.

From the Back Cover

'The anthology is one of the best collections of articles coming out a scholarly conferece that I have seen, both in terms of the very high level of the articles taken individually and in terms of the tightness of fit among all the articles together.'

'Elmar Kremer and Michael Latzer's collection of essays is a terrific addition to the growing literature on early modern philosophical theology ... This book represents an extremely rewarding and valuable collection of scholarship on an area of major current concern.'

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802035523
• ISBN 13: 9780802035523
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 180