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JOHN HENRY NEWMAN AND WILLIAM FROUDE, F.R.S.
Author(s) -
SHERRY PATRICK
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the heythrop journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.127
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1468-2265
pISSN - 0018-1196
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2265.2010.00609.x
Subject(s) - froude number , scientism , foundationalism , philosophy , epistemology , sociology , environmental ethics , religious studies , psychoanalysis , psychology , breakup
I discuss John Henry Newman's correspondence with William Froude, F.R.S., (1810–79) and his family. Froude remained an unbeliever, and I argue that Newman's disputes with him about the ethics of belief and the relationship between religion and science not only reveal important aspects of his thought, but also anticipate modern discussions on foundationalism, the ethics of beliefs and scientism.