Outputs (11)

Anne Conway on Omnipresence (2023)
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Head, J. (2023). Anne Conway on Omnipresence. Philosophica - International Journal for the History of Philosophy, 31(1), 3-20. https://doi.org/10.5840/philosophica20244159

This paper offers a discussion of Conway’s account of omnipresence, as found in her only published work, Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy (1690). It is argued that Conway proposes a radical approach to understanding the nature of... Read More about Anne Conway on Omnipresence.

Anne Conway on Heaven and Hell (2022)
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Head. (2022). Anne Conway on Heaven and Hell. https://doi.org/10.1163/2666318X-bja00011

This paper examines Anne Conway’s accounts of heaven and hell, as found in her only published work, The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy (1690). We see that Conway seeks to portray hell in a manner that she sees as more consonant... Read More about Anne Conway on Heaven and Hell.

Kant’s Religion as a Response to the Pantheism Controversy: Between Mendelssohn and Jacobi (2021)
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Head. (2021). Kant’s Religion as a Response to the Pantheism Controversy: Between Mendelssohn and Jacobi. International Philosophical Quarterly, 101-119. https://doi.org/10.5840/ipq202131165

This paper places Kant's Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason within the historical context of the pantheism controversy between Mendelssohn and Jacobi. I argue that reading Religion with this context in mind shines new light upon passages conne... Read More about Kant’s Religion as a Response to the Pantheism Controversy: Between Mendelssohn and Jacobi.

Rational and Natural Theology in Anne Conway’s Principia (2021)
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Head. (2021). Rational and Natural Theology in Anne Conway’s Principia. Scottish Journal of Theology, 41-51. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0036930621000041

This paper gives an account of the religious epistemology and theological working methods used in Anne Conway’s Principia Philosophiae antiquissimae et recentissimae (1690). It is argued that the epistemic foundations of Conway’s philosophical theolo... Read More about Rational and Natural Theology in Anne Conway’s Principia.

Speculation and Esotericism in Schopenhauer's Philosophy (2020)
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Head. (2020). Speculation and Esotericism in Schopenhauer's Philosophy

This paper considers the question of the speculative nature of Schopenhauer’s philosophy. In order to illuminate this issue, aspects of his conception of the aims and methods of philosophy will be investigated, with a particular focus upon the extent... Read More about Speculation and Esotericism in Schopenhauer's Philosophy.

Schopenhauer on Christ, Suffering and the Negation of the Will (2020)
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Head. (2020). Schopenhauer on Christ, Suffering and the Negation of the Will. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/09672559.2020.1732444

This paper seeks to illuminate Schopenhauer’s notion of the negation or denial of the will by investigating the figure of the saint within his philosophy. We argue that various discussions in Schopenhauer’s works of the possible role of Christ as exe... Read More about Schopenhauer on Christ, Suffering and the Negation of the Will.

Anne Conway and Henry More on Freedom (2019)
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Head. (2019). Anne Conway and Henry More on Freedom. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/09672559.2019.1659843

This paper seeks to shed light on the often-overlooked account of divine and human freedom presented by Anne Conway in her Principles of the Most Ancient Modern Philosophy (1690), partly through a comparison with the theory of freedom offered by her... Read More about Anne Conway and Henry More on Freedom.

Scripture and Moral Examples in Pietism and Kant's Religion (2018)
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Head. (2018). Scripture and Moral Examples in Pietism and Kant's Religion. Irish Theological Quarterly, 217-234. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021140018768338

This paper argues for considerable Pietist influence upon Kant’s Religion within the Bounds of Mere Reason, through a focus upon the topics of Scripture and the use of moral examples within the context of a religious community. The recommended approa... Read More about Scripture and Moral Examples in Pietism and Kant's Religion.

Dennis Vanden Auweele, The Kantian Foundation of Schopenhauer’s Pessimism New York: Routledge, 2017 Pp. xiii+242 ISBN 9781138744271 (hbk) $150; £105 (2018)
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Head, J. (2018). Dennis Vanden Auweele, The Kantian Foundation of Schopenhauer’s Pessimism New York: Routledge, 2017 Pp. xiii+242 ISBN 9781138744271 (hbk) $150; £105. Kantian Review, 23(1), 173-178. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1369415417000504

Anne Conway on Time, the Trinity and Eschatology (2017)
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Head. (2017). Anne Conway on Time, the Trinity and Eschatology. Philosophy and Theology, 277-295. https://doi.org/10.5840/philtheol201781480

This paper considers the conception of the Triune God, soteriology and eschatology in Anne Conway’s metaphysics. After outlining some of the key features of her thought, including her account of a timeless God who is nevertheless intimately present i... Read More about Anne Conway on Time, the Trinity and Eschatology.

Anne Conway and George Keith on the ‘Christ Within’ (2017)
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Head. (2017). Anne Conway and George Keith on the ‘Christ Within’. Quaker Studies, 277-295. https://doi.org/10.5840/philtheol201781480

This paper explores the influence of early Quaker theology on the philosophy of Anne Conway, as presented in her The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy (1690). We begin by exploring Conway’s rejection of the remnants of Cartesianism... Read More about Anne Conway and George Keith on the ‘Christ Within’.