The introduction deals with the state of philosophy and science at the time McKinney constructed his theory. It introduces McKinney, his books and their public reception to the reader. Chapter One closely follows the development of McKinney's arguments as he expounded them in his first philosophical work, “The Challenge of Reason”. Chapter Two outlines the challenge McKinney had convincing his audience that his theory was noteworthy. Chapter Three reflects the problems of the modern view of knowledge as described in Chapter One and examines its historical development commencing with Socrates. Chapter Four discusses the 'tension of temperaments', a fundamental aspect of McKinney's theory where individual differences have an important part to play in the initiating of original consciousness. Chapter Five asks the question: What is reason? Here I examine the concept of reason from many angles, especially those that infer reason is a Universal. Chapter Six focuses on modern science. Chapter Seven discusses the three phases of human evolution as McKinney describes them in “The Challenge of Reason”. Chapter Eight explores the topic of pain. Chapter Nine is related to aggression and follows on logically from the discussion of pain covered in the previous chapter. Chapter Ten is about amateur philosophy and deals with the attitude of philosophers and scientists towards knowledge. Chapter Eleven deals with the problem of language. Chapter Twelve deals with the modern crisis of feeling and thought. It attempts to observe how McKinney's theory might extend to the everyday world. Chapter Thirteen is my last word on the subject of McKinney's philosophy. It is a brief personal expression of what I think McKinney is attempting to say. I have included an appendix, which expresses McKinney's ideas, mostly using his own words. / Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2005.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/267465 |
| Creators | Gregory, Peter Thomas Byrne. |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | copyright under review |
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