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jame s w. fe lt Adventures in Unfashionable Philosophy james w. felt “Adventures in Unfashionable Philosophy does indeed lie off the beaten path.To deal straightforwardly today (as its author does) with God, the self, freedom, and the meaning of human life is not only unfashionable: it is considered terminally naive. James Felt, however, is not naive. His clear, careful thought breathes new life into old problems, providing fresh insights where traditional approaches have failed.” —Pete A. Y. Gunter, University of NorthTexas “Adventures in Unfashionable Philosophy is equivalently James Felt’s intellectual auto­ biography. In a series of essays written over a period of forty years and now republished with introductory self­critical comments, Felt records his journey from a youthful enthusiasm for the philosophy of Alfred NorthWhitehead to his conversion to the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas and, in recent years, his efforts to come up with a creative synthesis of the major insights of both Aquinas and Whitehead. One does not have to agree with all his conclusions, but everyone should admire the dispassionate way in which he analyzes and critiques both systems for their relative strengths and weaknesses.” —Joseph A. Bracken, S.J., Xavier University “Adventures in Unfashionable Philosophy is a sound, insightful, mature, and philosophi­ cally rich work. One hears a distinctive voice in all of the essays of the collection, the voice of a teacher anxious to share ideas that have animated his own philosoph­ ical development.This is rare, and something to be celebrated when it is found.” —Brian Martine, University of Alabama, Huntsville ja me s w. fe lt, s.j. , is professor emeritus of philosophy at Santa Clara University. He has published a number of books, including Human Knowing: A Prelude to Metaphysics (University of Notre Dame Press, ) and Aims: A Brief Metaphysics forToday (University of Notre Dame Press, 2007). University of Notre Dame Press notre dame, in 46556 undpress.nd.edu Adventures in Unfashionable Philosophy ...

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