Fergus Kerr
Biographic Data
| ID | 3653113 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fergus Kerr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fergus |
| FAMILY NAME | Kerr |
| SIGNATURE | KERR F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Edinburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1941 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Gilby Summa
The Blackfriars Summa Theologiae , 60 volumes between 1964 and 1976, the greatest collective scholarly achievement of the English Dominican Province, was conceived and orchestrated by Fr Thomas Gilby. To what school of 20 th century Thomism did he and his collaborators owe allegiance, if any? This paper considers that question while documenting some of the significant influences on Gilby and his collaborators on his translation of Aquinas's Summa
A Conspicuous Absence? Wittgenstein and Heidegger
Patricia Ranft, The Theology of Peter Damian
Alice M. Ramos, Dynamic Transcendentals
Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae
Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae : A Reader's Guide. By Stephen J. Loughlin (London: T & T Clark, 2010), x + 323 pp. £12.99 paper. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–74) is among the half-dozen most important thinke
Thomas Aquinas
Rebels with a Cause
Aquinas and Analytic Philosophy
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor is beyond question one of the most distinctive figures in the landscape of contemporary philosophy. In a time of increasing specialization Taylor's ability to contribute to philosophical conversations across a wide spectrum of ideas is distinctive and impressive. These areas include moral theory, theories of subjectivity, political theory, epistemology, hermeneutics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language and aesthetics. His mo…
After Aquinas
Transubstantiation after Wittgenstein
Catholic doctrine of the eucharist is commonly thought to incorporate a metaphysical theory of substance. Wittgenstein subverts such theories. Elizabeth Anscombe and Michael Dummett, much respected post‐Wittgensteinian philosophers, who are also deeply committed Catholics, argue that substance/accidents metaphysics as well as modern transignification theories prevent the religious events to stand on their own: the moment of consecration, the rese…
Part One
Aquinas after Marion
What reflections might occur to a veteran student of the works of St Thomas Aquinas after reading Jean-Luc Marion’s remarkable book God without Being ? Of course, it is not primarily about the thought of Aquinas. But we are persistently encouraged to reject an approach to the question of God which thinks in terms of a concept of ‘Being’, in favour of an acceptance of the reality of God in an economy of ‘Gift’. Thus, one is certainly sent back to …
Rescuing Girard's Argument
Martin Heidegger and National Socialism
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Martin Heidegger and National Socialism: Questions and Answers. Edited By Gunther Neske and Emil Kettering, Translated By Lisa Harries and Joachim Neugroschel, and Introduced By Karsten Harries. (New York: Paragon House, 1990. Pp. xl + 319. Price S29.95.) Fergus Kerr Fergus Kerr Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 42, Issue 167, April …
Idealism and realism
This essay is concerned with the dispute between realists and idealists, particularly in the form given to it in the immensely influential work of Michael Dummett, because Donald MacKinnon has insisted on its importance for theologians. That they should pay much more attention to their philosophical presuppositions is something that he has urged, not without some success, over many years. The reopening of the controversy may, however, prompt an a…
Theology after Wittgenstein
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Theology after Wittgenstein, By Fergus Kerr (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986. Pp. xii + 202. Price £22.50.) John Haldane John Haldane University of Pittsburgh/University of St Andrews Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 38, Issue 151, April 1988, Pages 259–261, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219932 Published: 01 April 1988
Odious Corollaries in D. H. Lawrence
The most serious and perceptive assault on Lady Chatterley's Lover, in the recent flurry of controversy, issued from Dr Leavis in his review of the Pelican Special which told the story of the trial. Apart from his judgment that it is a bad novel, and the persuasive rationale that he offers there to support this decision, which, though much sharpened and more circumstantial, is essentially the one he reached in his book on Lawrence in 1955, Dr Lea…
Irrational Man By William Barrett; Heinemann; 21s
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Lower Stikine and western Iskut river areas, British Columbia
Cultural Continuity and a Scottish Tradition
Can the university-even a radically reformed university-really carry the burden of providing our society with 'memory and mature purpose', as Dr Leavis keeps hoping? Remembering some of his more recent essays while staying in fairly remote parts of Scotland this summer, I began once again to reflect on how much the schools fail to do and yet could so easily undertake (as a handful of rare teachers have always done)-if only we could unlearn the at…
Communes and Communities
The ideal of communal living often fails to survive the ordeal of practical realities. A recent book by Clem Gorman combines a survey of the movement towards communitarian life-styles in Britain since about 1965 with a practical manual for would-be communards which is packed with useful information and some reflective insight. At no point does the author make any reference even to the existence of monasteries and convents. It is fascinating and t…
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Cultural Continuity and a Scottish Tradition
Can the university-even a radically reformed university-really carry the burden of providing our society with 'memory and mature purpose', as Dr Leavis keeps hoping? Remembering some of his more recent essays while staying in fairly remote parts of Scotland this summer, I began once again to reflect on how much the schools fail to do and yet could so easily undertake (as a handful of rare teachers have always done)-if only we could unlearn the at…
Communes and Communities
The ideal of communal living often fails to survive the ordeal of practical realities. A recent book by Clem Gorman combines a survey of the movement towards communitarian life-styles in Britain since about 1965 with a practical manual for would-be communards which is packed with useful information and some reflective insight. At no point does the author make any reference even to the existence of monasteries and convents. It is fascinating and t…
Lower Stikine and western Iskut river areas, British Columbia
Odious Corollaries in D. H. Lawrence
The most serious and perceptive assault on Lady Chatterley's Lover, in the recent flurry of controversy, issued from Dr Leavis in his review of the Pelican Special which told the story of the trial. Apart from his judgment that it is a bad novel, and the persuasive rationale that he offers there to support this decision, which, though much sharpened and more circumstantial, is essentially the one he reached in his book on Lawrence in 1955, Dr Lea…
Irrational Man By William Barrett; Heinemann; 21s
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Theology after Wittgenstein
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Theology after Wittgenstein, By Fergus Kerr (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986. Pp. xii + 202. Price £22.50.) John Haldane John Haldane University of Pittsburgh/University of St Andrews Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 38, Issue 151, April 1988, Pages 259–261, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219932 Published: 01 April 1988
Idealism and realism
This essay is concerned with the dispute between realists and idealists, particularly in the form given to it in the immensely influential work of Michael Dummett, because Donald MacKinnon has insisted on its importance for theologians. That they should pay much more attention to their philosophical presuppositions is something that he has urged, not without some success, over many years. The reopening of the controversy may, however, prompt an a…
Rescuing Girard's Argument
Martin Heidegger and National Socialism
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Martin Heidegger and National Socialism: Questions and Answers. Edited By Gunther Neske and Emil Kettering, Translated By Lisa Harries and Joachim Neugroschel, and Introduced By Karsten Harries. (New York: Paragon House, 1990. Pp. xl + 319. Price S29.95.) Fergus Kerr Fergus Kerr Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 42, Issue 167, April …
Aquinas after Marion
What reflections might occur to a veteran student of the works of St Thomas Aquinas after reading Jean-Luc Marion’s remarkable book God without Being ? Of course, it is not primarily about the thought of Aquinas. But we are persistently encouraged to reject an approach to the question of God which thinks in terms of a concept of ‘Being’, in favour of an acceptance of the reality of God in an economy of ‘Gift’. Thus, one is certainly sent back to …
Part One
Transubstantiation after Wittgenstein
Catholic doctrine of the eucharist is commonly thought to incorporate a metaphysical theory of substance. Wittgenstein subverts such theories. Elizabeth Anscombe and Michael Dummett, much respected post‐Wittgensteinian philosophers, who are also deeply committed Catholics, argue that substance/accidents metaphysics as well as modern transignification theories prevent the religious events to stand on their own: the moment of consecration, the rese…
After Aquinas
Aquinas and Analytic Philosophy
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor is beyond question one of the most distinctive figures in the landscape of contemporary philosophy. In a time of increasing specialization Taylor's ability to contribute to philosophical conversations across a wide spectrum of ideas is distinctive and impressive. These areas include moral theory, theories of subjectivity, political theory, epistemology, hermeneutics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language and aesthetics. His mo…
Rebels with a Cause
Thomas Aquinas
Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae
Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae : A Reader's Guide. By Stephen J. Loughlin (London: T & T Clark, 2010), x + 323 pp. £12.99 paper. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–74) is among the half-dozen most important thinke
Alice M. Ramos, Dynamic Transcendentals
Patricia Ranft, The Theology of Peter Damian
A Conspicuous Absence? Wittgenstein and Heidegger
The Gilby Summa
The Blackfriars Summa Theologiae , 60 volumes between 1964 and 1976, the greatest collective scholarly achievement of the English Dominican Province, was conceived and orchestrated by Fr Thomas Gilby. To what school of 20 th century Thomism did he and his collaborators owe allegiance, if any? This paper considers that question while documenting some of the significant influences on Gilby and his collaborators on his translation of Aquinas's Summa
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