An analysis of one of the most difficult and intractable philosophical questions of the past 350 years: the problem of knowledge, and specifically knowledge of God and the transcendental principles of value. This book situates the problem within the context of current social and political struggles, as well as within the contemporary search for meaning and value. Mansueto revisits ancient debates regarding the agent intellect, intentional being, and connatural knowledge, while drawing on recent discussions in neuropsychology (Luria and Damasio), cognitive development theory (Piaget and Luria), and the sociology of knowledge or "ideological criticism" (especially Durkheim, Lukacs, and Gramsci). Including a chapter on forms of religious knowledge and concluding with a "guide for the perplexed" intended to help overcome nihilism and despair, "Knowing God" reconciles epistemological and metaphysical realism with a recognition of the role of social structure in shaping knowledge.
- ISBN10 0754608530
- ISBN13 9780754608530
- Publish Date 23 December 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 March 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Ashgate Publishing Limited
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 280
- Language English