03192nam a22005655i 4500 978-3-031-74531-7 DE-He213 20251030113300.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241106s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031745317 978-3-031-74531-7 10.1007/978-3-031-74531-7 doi BL60 JHB bicssc JFSR bicssc SOC039000 bisacsh JHB thema JBSR thema Fortin, Timothy Paul. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 87088 On the Nature of Human Sexual Difference: A Symposium [electronic resource] / by Timothy Paul Fortin. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XIII, 376 p. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Historical-Analytical Studies on Nature, Mind and Action, 2509-4807 ; 15 1. Introduction -- 2. The Explanandum -- 3. The Evolutionary Account -- 4. Simone de Beauvoir -- 5. Judith Butler -- 6. The Thomistic Account — A Causal Analysis -- 7. The Thomistic Account — Ontological Analysis -- 8. Resolutions -- Index. This work offers a “symposium” on the nature of human sexual difference drawing on Plato’s masterpiece: having explored the observed phenomena of sexual difference, four stories are told of the origins, essence, and ends of the human male and female. First, the evolutionists, and then Simone de Beauvoir, and Judith Butler present their accounts. Next, a fourth (and unique vision for our age) is added: the thought of Thomas Aquinas is placed in dialogue with the evolutionists, Beauvoir, and Butler, thereby introducing into contemporary discourse a voice that is both ancient and new. The work seeks to trace each protagonist’s account to its fonts, so providing a perspective from which various streams of thought might be understood both in their divergence and common origins. It thus hopes to offer a common language and an interpretive key in a realm where confusion and misunderstanding too often reign. . Religion and sociology. 68604 Philosophy, Medieval. 66933 Philosophy. 66189 Sociology of Religion. 68606 Medieval Philosophy. 66938 Philosophy. 66189 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031745300 Printed edition: 9783031745324 Printed edition: 9783031745331 Historical-Analytical Studies on Nature, Mind and Action, 2509-4807 ; 15 74699 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-74531-7 ZDB-2-SLS ZDB-2-SXS 64748 64748