Consciousness, Reality and Value

Essays in Honour of T. L. S. Sprigge

Pierfrancesco Basile, Leemon B. McHenry, Pierfrancesco Basile, Leemon B. McHenry

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9783110328035
• eBook ISBN:
  9783110328387
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Deconstruction in Philosophy

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

• Contents
• Preface
• The Philosophical Idealism of Timothy Sprigge1Leemon B. McHenry
• Timothy Sprigge: The Grinch that Stole TimeRichard M. Gale
• Timothy Sprigge and PanpsychismGeoffrey Madell
• Dialectical Ascent on a Spriggean ThemeAlastair Hannay
• What Sort of Idealism is Viable Today?1Nicholas Rescher
• Sprigge’s Vindication of Concrete Universals1James W. Allard
• The Compounding of Consciousness1Pierfrancesco Basile
• From Consciousness to the AbsoluteWilliam J. Mander
• How Many Divine Minds?John Leslie
• Sprigge’s SpinozaPeter Forrest
• Idealism and God1Leslie Armour
• God, Sprigge, and Idealist Philosophy of ReligionWilliam Sweet
• A Leibnizian God of Metaphysics?1Pauline Phemister
• God and Evil: A Process PerspectiveMarcus P. Ford
• How Alien Are Animals?1Stephen R. L. Clark
• Ecosophy, Sophophily and PhilotheriaJohn Llewelyn
• My Philosophy and Some Defence of ItTimothy L. S. Sprigge