1st Edition

Ways of Knowledge and Experience

By Louis Arnaud Reid Copyright 1961
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1961. This book is a study of some important ways of knowledge and experience and of the symbols through which they become articulate. Both ‘knowledge’ and ‘experience’ are interpreted in wide senses which are sanctioned by common use – though not always by the usage of philosophers and scientists. The four main fields considered are: the arts, religion, moral knowledge,... Read more

Preface. Introduction Part 1: Knowledge and Experience of the Arts 1. Knowledge, Symbolization and Art 2. Poetry, Embodiment and Aesthetic Meaning 3. Values, Feeling and Embodiment 4. Musical Meaning, Representation and ‘Truth’ Part 2: Knowledge and Religion 5. ‘Religion’ and Difficulties of Discussion about Religion 6. The ‘Languages’ of Religion 7. Mythology and Religion 8. Christianity and History 9. ‘Knowledge’ and ‘Truth’ in Religion and Theology, and Their Validation Part 3: Moral Knowledge 10. Ethics and Knowledge of the Good 11. The Nature and Knowledge of Right 12. Principles and Rules Part 4: Personal Knowledge 13. The Possibility of Knowledge of Others 14. Variations of Personal Relationships: Friendship and Love 15. Persons and the Unity and Variety of Knowledge

Biography

Louis Arnaud Reid