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Robert S. Corrington

January 01, 1970

Robert S. Corrington (born May 30, 1950)[1] is an American philosopher and author of many books exploring human interpretation of the universe as well as biographies on C.S. Peirce and Wilhelm Reich. He is currently the Henry Anson Buttz Professor of Philosophical Theology at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. Before that he was a professor at Pennsylvania State University. He is a Senior Fellow of the American Institute for Philosophical and Cultural Thought.

Robert S. Corrington
Born (1950-05-30) May 30, 1950 (age 73)
EraModern
RegionWestern
Notable ideas
Ecstatic naturalism

Corrington is member of Unitarian Universalist Association and The Theosophical Society of America and a lecturer for both organizations, and he is also an affiliate of The Parapsychological Association.

Ecstatic naturalism edit

Robert S. Corrington's work contributes to philosophical and theological inquiry through the development of a perspective called 'ecstatic naturalism’. Ecstatic naturalism, also referred to as ‘deep pantheism’ or ‘religious naturalism,’ has emerged through Corrington's eleven books and over eighty articles on the subject. His influences are many and range across the disciplines of philosophy, theology, science, and psychology. Deep appreciation of the American philosophers Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, George Santayana, Justus Buchler and John Dewey grounds Corrington's insights in a pragmatist mode even as his work creatively extends this tradition philosophically through a psychologically sophisticated semiotics with the aid of Carl Jung, Otto Rank, Heinz Kohut, and Julia Kristeva and theologically through liberal Protestant thinkers Friedrich Schleiermacher and Paul Tillich toward a Hindu-inspired Emersonian post-Christian nature spirituality. Ernst Bloch is another influence on Corrington.[2]

As an alternative to contemporary metaphysical perspectives that are either too dependent upon a brute descriptive materialism on the one hand or to an honorific process cosmology on the other, ecstatic naturalism, like all versions of naturalism, assumes that nature is all there is; there is no recourse made to supernaturalistic forces or entities. For Corrington, however, ‘nature’ does not refer to anything, but is the dynamic entirety, an extremely wide and deeply vast reality that creates itself out of itself alone. In order to effectively speak or theorize about nature, then, Corrington has picked up on “a distinction dear to Averroes, Thomas of Aquinas, Baruch Spinoza, and Ralph Waldo Emerson (among others)” between natura naturans (nature naturing) and natura naturata (nature natured). (A Semiotic Theory p. 40) The perspective of ecstatic naturalism attempts to remain accountable to the insights of evolutionary sciences even as it probes ever deeper into those aspects of nature that elude strictly scientific inquiries. As a naturalist, Corrington is deeply suspicious of teleological descriptions of nature and finds in Arthur Schopenhauer's ‘will to life’ a foundational ‘intention’ in organisms which anticipates Darwinian explanations of life's perpetuation.

Bibliography edit

Robert S. Corrington is the author of 12 books and 80 articles in the fields of philosophy, theosophy, theology, psychoanalysis, and semiotics as well as editor of several books on metaphysics and semiotics. He has also authored two plays.

Books
  • Editor (with Hausman, Carl and Seebohm, Thomas M.): Pragmatism Considers Phenomenology (1987)
  • The Community of Interpreters: On the Hermeneutics of Nature and the Bible in the American Philosophical Tradition (1987, 2nd ed. 1995)
  • Editor (with Marsoobian, Armen and Wallace, Kathleen): Buchler, Justus Metaphysics of Natural Complexes (1990)
  • Editor (with Marsoobian, Armen and Wallace, Kathleen): Nature's Perspective: Prospects of Ordinal Metaphysics (1991)
  • Nature and Spirit: An Essay in Ecstatic Naturalism (1992)
  • An Introduction to C.S. Peirce: Philosopher, Semiotician, and Ecstatic Naturalist (1993)
  • Ecstatic Naturalism: Signs of the World (1994)
  • Nature's Self: Our Journey from Origin to Spirit (1996)
  • Nature's Religion (1997)
  • A Semiotic Theory of Theology and Philosophy (2000)
  • Wilhelm Reich: Psychoanalyst and Radical Naturalist (2003)
  • Riding the Windhorse: Manic Depressive Disorder and the Quest for Wholeness (2003)
  • Nature's Sublime: An Essay In Aesthetic Naturalism (2013)
  • Deep Pantheism: Toward a New Transcendentalism (2016)
  • Nature and Nothingness: An Essay in Ordinal Phenomenology (2016)
Plays
  • Black Hole Sonata (or Waiting for Steven Hawking)
  • One, Two, Three

Robert S. Corrington has also contributed to numerous academic journals, e.g., International Philosophical Quarterly, the American Journal of Semiotics, American Journal of Theology and Philosophy, Transactions of the C.S. Peirce Society, The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: New Series, The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, and Semiotica.

Affiliations edit

  • International Association of Semiotic Studies
  • Institute for Religious and Philosophical Thought (executive board, 1992–95)
  • American Academy of Religion
  • American Philosophical Association
  • C.S. Peirce Society
  • North American Paul Tillich Society
  • Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy
  • Karl Jaspers Society of North America
  • Semiotic Society of America (executive board, 1992–94)
  • C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology
  • Unitarian Universalist Association
  • Theosophical Society of America

See also edit

Sources edit

  • Robert S. Corrington's home page at Drew University (see below)
  • "CORRINGTON, Robert S 1950–". Contemporary Authors. Vol. 227. Gale Research Company. 2005. pp. 66–67. ISBN 0-7876-6707-2.

References edit

  1. ^ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
  2. ^ Corrington, Robert S. (1992). Nature and Spirit: An Essay in Ecstatic Naturalism. New York: Fordham University Press. p. 113. ISBN 0-8232-1363-3.

External links edit

  • Corrington's Amazon Profile
  • Home page at Drew University
  • Biography at The Parapsychological Association

January 01, 1970
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Robert S Corrington born May 30 1950 1 is an American philosopher and author of many books exploring human interpretation of the universe as well as biographies on C S Peirce and Wilhelm Reich He is currently the Henry Anson Buttz Professor of Philosophical Theology at Drew University in Madison New Jersey Before that he was a professor at Pennsylvania State University He is a Senior Fellow of the American Institute for Philosophical and Cultural Thought Robert S CorringtonBorn 1950 05 30 May 30 1950 age 73 EraModernRegionWesternNotable ideasEcstatic naturalism Corrington is member of Unitarian Universalist Association and The Theosophical Society of America and a lecturer for both organizations and he is also an affiliate of The Parapsychological Association Contents 1 Ecstatic naturalism 2 Bibliography 3 Affiliations 4 See also 5 Sources 6 References 7 External linksEcstatic naturalism editRobert S Corrington s work contributes to philosophical and theological inquiry through the development of a perspective called ecstatic naturalism Ecstatic naturalism also referred to as deep pantheism or religious naturalism has emerged through Corrington s eleven books and over eighty articles on the subject His influences are many and range across the disciplines of philosophy theology science and psychology Deep appreciation of the American philosophers Charles Sanders Peirce William James George Santayana Justus Buchler and John Dewey grounds Corrington s insights in a pragmatist mode even as his work creatively extends this tradition philosophically through a psychologically sophisticated semiotics with the aid of Carl Jung Otto Rank Heinz Kohut and Julia Kristeva and theologically through liberal Protestant thinkers Friedrich Schleiermacher and Paul Tillich toward a Hindu inspired Emersonian post Christian nature spirituality Ernst Bloch is another influence on Corrington 2 As an alternative to contemporary metaphysical perspectives that are either too dependent upon a brute descriptive materialism on the one hand or to an honorific process cosmology on the other ecstatic naturalism like all versions of naturalism assumes that nature is all there is there is no recourse made to supernaturalistic forces or entities For Corrington however nature does not refer to anything but is the dynamic entirety an extremely wide and deeply vast reality that creates itself out of itself alone In order to effectively speak or theorize about nature then Corrington has picked up on a distinction dear to Averroes Thomas of Aquinas Baruch Spinoza and Ralph Waldo Emerson among others between natura naturans nature naturing and natura naturata nature natured A Semiotic Theory p 40 The perspective of ecstatic naturalism attempts to remain accountable to the insights of evolutionary sciences even as it probes ever deeper into those aspects of nature that elude strictly scientific inquiries As a naturalist Corrington is deeply suspicious of teleological descriptions of nature and finds in Arthur Schopenhauer s will to life a foundational intention in organisms which anticipates Darwinian explanations of life s perpetuation Bibliography editRobert S Corrington is the author of 12 books and 80 articles in the fields of philosophy theosophy theology psychoanalysis and semiotics as well as editor of several books on metaphysics and semiotics He has also authored two plays Books Editor with Hausman Carl and Seebohm Thomas M Pragmatism Considers Phenomenology 1987 The Community of Interpreters On the Hermeneutics of Nature and the Bible in the American Philosophical Tradition 1987 2nd ed 1995 Editor with Marsoobian Armen and Wallace Kathleen Buchler Justus Metaphysics of Natural Complexes 1990 Editor with Marsoobian Armen and Wallace Kathleen Nature s Perspective Prospects of Ordinal Metaphysics 1991 Nature and Spirit An Essay in Ecstatic Naturalism 1992 An Introduction to C S Peirce Philosopher Semiotician and Ecstatic Naturalist 1993 Ecstatic Naturalism Signs of the World 1994 Nature s Self Our Journey from Origin to Spirit 1996 Nature s Religion 1997 A Semiotic Theory of Theology and Philosophy 2000 Wilhelm Reich Psychoanalyst and Radical Naturalist 2003 Riding the Windhorse Manic Depressive Disorder and the Quest for Wholeness 2003 Nature s Sublime An Essay In Aesthetic Naturalism 2013 Deep Pantheism Toward a New Transcendentalism 2016 Nature and Nothingness An Essay in Ordinal Phenomenology 2016 Plays Black Hole Sonata or Waiting for Steven Hawking One Two Three Robert S Corrington has also contributed to numerous academic journals e g International Philosophical Quarterly the American Journal of Semiotics American Journal of Theology and Philosophy Transactions of the C S Peirce Society The Journal of Speculative Philosophy New Series The Southern Journal of Philosophy Journal for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture and Semiotica Affiliations editInternational Association of Semiotic Studies Institute for Religious and Philosophical Thought executive board 1992 95 American Academy of Religion American Philosophical Association C S Peirce Society North American Paul Tillich Society Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Karl Jaspers Society of North America Semiotic Society of America executive board 1992 94 C G Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology Unitarian Universalist Association Theosophical Society of AmericaSee also editPanentheism Pantheism American philosophy List of American philosophers The Principle of HopeSources editRobert S Corrington s home page at Drew University see below CORRINGTON Robert S 1950 Contemporary Authors Vol 227 Gale Research Company 2005 pp 66 67 ISBN 0 7876 6707 2 References edit U S Public Records Index Vol 1 Provo UT Ancestry com Operations Inc 2010 Corrington Robert S 1992 Nature and Spirit An Essay in Ecstatic Naturalism New York Fordham University Press p 113 ISBN 0 8232 1363 3 External links editCorrington s Amazon Profile Home page at Drew University Biography at The Parapsychological Association Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robert S Corrington amp oldid 1115288927, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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