{"product_id":"the-life-of-reason-or-the-phases-of-human-progress-critical-edition-volume-7-reason-in-science-volume-vii-book-five-paperback","title":"The Life of Reason or The Phases of Human Progress, critical edition, Volume 7: Reason in Science, Volume VII, Book Five - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Santayana\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarianne S. Wokeck\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMartin A. Coleman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe final book in Santayana's masterwork of philosophical naturalism argues that science crowns the life of reason.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSantayana's \u003ci\u003eLife of Reason\u003c\/i\u003e, published in five books from 1905 to 1906, ranks as one of the greatest works in modern philosophical naturalism. Acknowledging the natural material bases of human life, Santayana traces the development of the human capacity for appreciating and cultivating ideals. It is a capacity he exhibits as he articulates a continuity running through animal impulse, practical intelligence, and ideal harmony in reason, society, art, religion, and science. The work is an exquisitely rendered vision of human life lived sanely. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this fifth book, Santayana concludes his monumental work with a defense of science and a critique of major rivals to the cognitive ascendancy of science. Indeed, Santayana writes that science crowns the \"whole life of Reason.\" He finds two kinds of science, physics and dialectic; considers the role of history; examines the mechanisms of nature; defends scientific psychology; discusses pre-rational morality, rational ethics, and post-rational morality; and argues that science contains all trustworthy knowledge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Critical Edition, volume VII of \u003ci\u003eThe Works of George Santayana\u003c\/i\u003e, includes notes, textual commentary, lists of variants and emendations, an index, and other tools useful to Santayana scholars. The other four books of the volume are \u003ci\u003eReason in Common Sense, Reason in Society, Reason in Religion\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eReason in Art\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Santayana (1863-1952) was a philosopher, poet, critic, and novelist. The MIT Press has published \u003ci\u003eThe Letters of George Santayana \u003c\/i\u003ein eight books and \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Reason \u003c\/i\u003ein five books. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMartin A. Coleman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Santayana\u003c\/i\u003e and the director and editor of the Santayana Edition, which is publishing \u003ci\u003eThe Works of George Santayana\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 488\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51776340295968,"sku":"9780262551441","price":126.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a32ff2a5054005a4f173435808784bf1.webp?v=1780477517","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-life-of-reason-or-the-phases-of-human-progress-critical-edition-volume-7-reason-in-science-volume-vii-book-five-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}