本杰明·富兰克林宗教思想的实用主义精神
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本杰明·富兰克林一生在多个领域内做出了杰出贡献,被广泛誉为美国人的杰出代表。许多学者都对他在美国科学、外交、道德上的贡献持肯定态度。然而,有关他的宗教思想的研究,却始终存在分歧。历史上研究者主要围绕富兰克林的宗教归属进行研究,即他是清教徒?还是自然神教徒?或者是无神论者?近些年来,研究者才开始以中立的态度来探讨富兰克林宗教思想的世俗化和实用主义成分。本文以十八世纪美国作为历史背景,进一步探讨了富兰克林看似矛盾的宗教思想中的实用主义精神。本文首先从实证性方法、多元化视角、以及推动人类进步的目标等三个方面对实用主义进行了定义和分析。然后,本文介绍了富兰克林所处十八世纪美国的社会特点和生活环境,指出当时宗教世俗化的趋势。接下来,文章分析了富兰克林宗教思想在实用主义原则的指导下,如何从最初通过形而上学逻辑论证来反对清教主义的激进态度,向强调宗教道德和伦理的温和态度的转变。接着,作者着重分析富兰克林成熟的宗教思想中自然神教和清教的成分,并探讨了实用主义在二者融合过程中的作用。本文通过分析富兰克林所采用的实证性方法,明确了其矛盾宗教思想中的实用主义精神。最后,本文的结论是富兰克林矛盾宗教思想的实质...
【文章来源】:对外经济贸易大学北京市 211工程院校 教育部直属院校
【文章页数】:71 页
【学位级别】:硕士
【文章目录】:
1 Introduction
1.1 The scope and purpose of the thesis
1.2 Method of the study
1.3 Organization of the thesis
1.4 Literature review
1.5Definition of pragmatism and religion
2 The sources of Benjamin Franklin’s religious thoughts
2.1 Macro environment in the eighteenth-century American context
2.1.1 Social context in general
2.1.2 Puritanism and its innate dissenting
2.1.3 The Enlightenment and Deism
2.1.4 The religious reaction and clashes
2.2Benjamin Franklin’s family and his career
3 Benjamin Franklin’s early rebellion to his Puritan heritage
3.1 Benjamin Franklin’s early radicalism
3.1.1 Benjamin Franklin’s early skeptic nature
3.1.2 Benjamin Franklin’s radicalism based on metaphysical deduction
3.1.2.1 The sources of Benjamin Franklin’s ideas in the Dissertation
3.1.2.2 The cause of the composing of the Dissertation
3.1.2.3 The argumentations of the Dissertation
3.2 Benjamin Franklin’s more temperate religious attitude
3.2.1 Benjamin Franklin’s early religious pluralism
3.2.2 Benjamin Franklin’s inclination to special providence
4. Benjamin Franklin’s religious thoughts and the pragmatics spirit
4.1 Benjamin Franklin’s Deistic ideas
4.1.1 Deism in general
4.1.2 immortality and afterlife
4.1.3. Sectarianism
4.2 Benjamin Franklin’s deviation from Deism
4.2.1 Special providence
4.2.2 Prayer
4.2.3 Defending a Presbyterian preacher
4.3 Benjamin Franklin’s experimental approach to religion
4.3.1 Experimental approach to natural things
4.3.2 Experimental approach to institutions
4.3.3 Experimental approach to people
5 Conclusion
Appendix: Chronology
Bibliography
【参考文献】:
硕士论文
[1]殖民地时期费城的变迁[D]. 臧佳敏.华东师范大学 2015
[2]富兰克林功利主义教育思想及其影响[D]. 张丽华.河北大学 2009
本文编号:3173349
【文章来源】:对外经济贸易大学北京市 211工程院校 教育部直属院校
【文章页数】:71 页
【学位级别】:硕士
【文章目录】:
1 Introduction
1.1 The scope and purpose of the thesis
1.2 Method of the study
1.3 Organization of the thesis
1.4 Literature review
1.5Definition of pragmatism and religion
2 The sources of Benjamin Franklin’s religious thoughts
2.1 Macro environment in the eighteenth-century American context
2.1.1 Social context in general
2.1.2 Puritanism and its innate dissenting
2.1.3 The Enlightenment and Deism
2.1.4 The religious reaction and clashes
2.2Benjamin Franklin’s family and his career
3 Benjamin Franklin’s early rebellion to his Puritan heritage
3.1 Benjamin Franklin’s early radicalism
3.1.1 Benjamin Franklin’s early skeptic nature
3.1.2 Benjamin Franklin’s radicalism based on metaphysical deduction
3.1.2.1 The sources of Benjamin Franklin’s ideas in the Dissertation
3.1.2.2 The cause of the composing of the Dissertation
3.1.2.3 The argumentations of the Dissertation
3.2 Benjamin Franklin’s more temperate religious attitude
3.2.1 Benjamin Franklin’s early religious pluralism
3.2.2 Benjamin Franklin’s inclination to special providence
4. Benjamin Franklin’s religious thoughts and the pragmatics spirit
4.1 Benjamin Franklin’s Deistic ideas
4.1.1 Deism in general
4.1.2 immortality and afterlife
4.1.3. Sectarianism
4.2 Benjamin Franklin’s deviation from Deism
4.2.1 Special providence
4.2.2 Prayer
4.2.3 Defending a Presbyterian preacher
4.3 Benjamin Franklin’s experimental approach to religion
4.3.1 Experimental approach to natural things
4.3.2 Experimental approach to institutions
4.3.3 Experimental approach to people
5 Conclusion
Appendix: Chronology
Bibliography
【参考文献】:
硕士论文
[1]殖民地时期费城的变迁[D]. 臧佳敏.华东师范大学 2015
[2]富兰克林功利主义教育思想及其影响[D]. 张丽华.河北大学 2009
本文编号:3173349
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