The Faces of Reason traces the history of philosophy in English Canada from 1850 to 1950, examining the major English-Canadian philosophers in detail adn setting them in the context of the main currents of Canadian thought. The book concludes with a brief survey of the period after 1950. What is distinctive in Canadian philosophy, say the authors, is the concept of reason and the uses to which it is put. Reason has interacted with experience in a new world and a cold climate to create a distinctive Canadian community. ...
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The Faces of Reason traces the history of philosophy in English Canada from 1850 to 1950, examining the major English-Canadian philosophers in detail adn setting them in the context of the main currents of Canadian thought. The book concludes with a brief survey of the period after 1950. What is distinctive in Canadian philosophy, say the authors, is the concept of reason and the uses to which it is put. Reason has interacted with experience in a new world and a cold climate to create a distinctive Canadian community. The diversity of political, geographic, social, and religious factors has fostered a particular kind of thinking, particular ways of reasoning and communicating. Rather than one grand, overarching Canadian way of thinking, there are "many faces of reason," "a kind of philosophic federalism". The book has two dimensions: "it is a continuos story which makes a point about the development of philosophical reason in the Canadian context.... it is a reference work which may be consulted by readers interested in particular figures, ideas, movements, or periods."
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Very Good. No Jacket. Inscribed By Author This is a history of the development of philosophy as an academic discipline in British Canada during its first 100 years, from the publication of James Beaven's Elements of Natural Theology in 1850 until the mass immigration of philosophers from abroad after World War II changed its character; it includes those philosophers whose writing was extensive and covered a variety of topics; includes portraits of six philosophers by Kathryn Cole (bright yellow cloth with black lettering, inscribed by one of the co-authors and dated June, 1982, on the front endpaper; two very small cuts on edges of front and back covers and indentation in bottom edge of textblock, otherwise both cover and text are in excellent condition)
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USED Very Good. No Jacket. First printing, 1981. Inscribed on FEP by coauthor 'Betty' (Elizabeth) Trott. Yellow cloth with black text. Pages clean and binding sturdy.
