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Neville's The Cosmology of Freedom corrects the tendency to believe that freedom consists in one thing alone, for instance not being constrained, or being able to choose between live options, or participating in a democratic political process. He lays out in systematic fashion the connections between personal dimensions of freedom, such as external liberty (Hobbes), the ability to act on the basis of one's intentions (Spinoza), choice between live options (James), and creativity (Whitehead), and social dimensions of freedom, such as opportunity (Du Bois), social pluralism (Dewey), integral life-style (Tillich), and participatory politics (Dahl). Discerning the nuances of these dimensions of freedom, it becomes a matter of experience and empirical investigation to determine in specific circumstance whether, in what senses, and to what degree a person or society is free.

To distinguish and to relate these senses of freedom, a broad philosophical perspective is required. Neville provides a functional philosophical cosmology that shows how all the senses of freedom are functions of the natural cosmos. In conjunction with his theory of divine creation in God the Creator, this book is an important argument for reconciling human freedom and divine creativity.

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'The Cosmology of Freedom' corrects the tendency to believe that freedom consists in one thing alone, for instance not being constrained, or being able to choose between live options, or participating in a democratic process. He lays out in systematic fashion the connections between personal dimensions of freedom, and social dimensions of freedom.

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Title The Cosmology of Freedom
Author Robert Cummings Neville
Binding Paperback
Edition 1st Edition
Pages 385
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher State University of New York Press, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
Date January 1996
ISBN 9780791427583 / 0791427587
Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
Dimensions 8.99 x 5.89 x 0.88 in (22.83 x 14.96 x 2.24 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Cultural pluralism, Choice (Psychology)
Library of Congress Catalog Number 95035771
Dewey Decimal Code 323.44

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Robert Cummings Neville is Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Theology at Boston University where he is also Dean of the School of Theology. He is past president of the American Academy of Religion, the Metaphysical Society of America, and the International Society for Chinese Philosophy. Neville has also written Behind the Masks of God: An Essay Toward Comparative Theology; New Essays in Metaphysics; The Puritan Smile: A Look Toward Moral Reflection; The Tao and the Daimon; Eternity and Time's Flow; God the Creator: On the Transcendence and Presence of God; The Highroad Around Modernism; Reconstruction of Thinking; Recovery of the Measure: Interpretation and Nature; A Theology Primer; Normative Cultures; and The Truth of Broken Symbols, all published by SUNY Press.

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Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.: State Univ of New York Pr, 1996. 6 x 9 trade paperback book. Purple lettering on the color illustrated spine and cover. In conjunction with his theory of divine creation in God the Creator, this book is an important argument for reconciling human freedom and divine creativity. 385 pages. 1st Edition. Edgewear. Tight binding, wear and soil. Good condition.. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by None.