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Michael Foster (philosopher)

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151:(SCM Press, 1957), Foster seeks to explore the existence of mystery in various secular and religious disciplines in order to discover whether it serves a legitimate function in theology and philosophy when possibly applied to scientific and political realities. Foster asserts that realities exist (i.e., those found in revelation and appealed to in prayer) that are mysterious and will remain so; Foster's view of mystery like that of 833: 845: 821: 126:
Christian truth incorporated in modern Empiricism which Hegel's Philosophy ignores. ... This truth is the truth contained in the Christian doctrine of Creation." Foster's creation-science thesis is actually a modern form of what historians and philosophers sometimes more technically label
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between an orthodox Christian view of creation and a modern view of science, i.e., Christianity is a necessary and sufficient condition for the development of modern science. Although when citing this thesis many scholars refer only to the three 1934–1936
875: 163:. Foster concludes this book by stating " is directed upon mystery, as revelation springs from mystery, and as prayer seems properly to be directed upon mysterious objects." Mention of Foster's view of mystery can be found in the work of the 155:'s is therefore quite different from his view of unsolved puzzles and problems, which he, here following Marcel, holds only temporarily appear mysterious. This idea of irresolvable mystery is similar to ones also found in the works of 49:'s tutors at Oxford, but their relationship is remembered more as a source of strained feelings than of scholarly fellowship. His disparate works on political science and various doctrines of Christianity (especially the 89:
Foster is remembered for his thesis that the idea of Christian creation and its view of nature—especially in contrast to various Greek views of nature—deeply influenced the development of
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Michael B. Foster. "The Opposition Between Hegel and the Philosophy of Empiricism". Given at the Third Congress of the International Hegel Society. Rome, 1933. Appeared in
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journal articles, an until-recently-sometimes-hard-to-locate conference paper given in Italy in 1933 by Foster actually forms a "natural unit" with the three
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Creation, Nature, and Political Order in the Philosophy of Michael Foster (1903–1959): The Classic Mind Articles and Others, with Modern Critical Essays
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Creation, Nature, and Political Order in the Philosophy of Michael Foster (1903–1959): The Classic Mind Articles and Others, with Modern Critical Essays
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articles. This first paper—"The Opposition Between Hegel and the Philosophy of Empiricism"—argued that there is "
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Temple Kingston. "Mystery and Philosophy: Michael Foster and Babriel Marcel" (pp.297–316).
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science. Mention of Foster's thesis can be found in the work of historian and theologian
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include "The Christian Doctrine of Creation and the Rise of Modern Natural Science" (
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Death and the disinterested spectator: an inquiry into the nature of philosophy
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Verhandlungen des dritten Hegelkongresses vom. 19 bis 23. April 1933 in Rom.
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Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Masters of Political Thought (Volume 1): Plato to Machiavelli
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Scholarship and Christian faith: enlarging the conversation
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He who gives life : the doctrine of the Holy Spirit
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Edward McChesney Sait. 232:, 1965 (originally published 1935), 207 pages 226:The Political Philosophies of Plato and Hegel 8: 680:Michel de Montaigne: accidental philosopher 548: 546: 309:(3), Cambridge University Press: 351–355, 178:Works of his that remain important to the 73:, gaining a lifetime friend and colleague 803:Political philosophies of Plato and Hegel 65:His elementary schooling took place at a 33:(1903–1959) was a tutor in philosophy of 530:Continuum International Publishing Group 456:Continuum International Publishing Group 407: 405: 816: 293: 84: 53:) have influenced philosophers such as 783:"Voluntarism and Early Modern Science" 375:. 416 pages. pp.52, 54–55, 76, 114–115 198:) and Volume 45, 1936, pp. 1–27 ( 791:. Vol.40, no.1, 2002. pp. 63–89. 264:set of 36 contemporary book citations 194:, Volume 44, 1935, pp. 439–466 ( 7: 706:Self-knowledge in the age of theory 573:. Cambridge Press, 2007. p.220n.123 525:The promise of Trinitarian theology 708:. 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McGrath, 207:Mystery and Philosophy 149:Mystery and Philosophy 143:Mystery and philosophy 359:. Grove Press, 2002. 344:The Christian Scholar 282:Christopher B. Kaiser 277:Eugene Marion Klaaren 230:Russell & Russell 219:The Christian Scholar 107:analytical philosophy 81:in Dresden, Germany. 761:David N. Livingstone 731:. SUNY Press, 1986. 51:doctrine of creation 716:. pp. 137, 166n105. 866:British Christians 788:History of Science 588:Edwin Mellen Press 424:Edwin Mellen Press 420:Lewiston, New York 180:history of science 95:Alister E. McGrath 466:. p.90, p.138-140 433:978-0-7734-9207-3 373:978-0-8021-3869-9 357:A.J. Ayer: A Life 266: 111:logical necessity 45:. He was one of 35:Oxford University 18:Michael B. 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Index

Michael B. Foster
Oxford University
Christ Church
Student Christian Movement
A. J. Ayer
doctrine of creation
George Grant
Merchant Taylors' School
St John's College, Oxford
John Mabbott
Richard Kroner
early modern
Alister E. McGrath
Merton thesis
Reijer Hooykaas
analytical philosophy
logical necessity
voluntarism
empiricists
rationalists
Gabriel Marcel
Eric L. Mascall
Norman Geisler
philosopher
Ann Hartle
history of science
Mind
Mind
SCM Press
The Christian Scholar

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