Description: A philosophical inquiry into the strengths and weaknesses of theism and naturalism in accounting for the emergence of consciousness, the visual imagination and aesthetic values. >
Brief description: Charles Taliaferro is Professor Emeritus and Emeritus Overby Distinguished Professor at St. Olaf College.
Review Quotes: "Charles Taliaferro and Jil Evans see the age old battle between theism and naturalism as a battle between contrasting images, of nature, of freedom, of the self, of good and evil, of beauty, and of reality itself. Drawing on a host of thinkers, ancient and modern, and with a wealth of illustrative detail, including some evocative images of their own, they track the course of the battle fairly and comprehensively right up to the present day; at the same time they develop their own persuasive account of the world as a book written by the finger of God, open to minds attuned to its meanings." Anthony O'Hear, Garfield Weston Professor of Philosophy, University of Buckingham, Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, UK, and Editor of Philosophy.