Frederick Pond Ferré (March 23, 1933 – March 22, 2013) was Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at

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. He was a past president of the

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. Much of his work concerned how metaphysics is entwined with practical questions about how we live our life, including the ethical dimensions of life.

Education

* Oberlin College, 1950–51. *

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, A.B. (major History) summa cum laude, 1954 *

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, M.A. (Philosophy of History) 1955. * Vanderbilt University Divinity School (Theological Studies) 1955–56. *

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(Scotland), Ph.D. (Philosophy of Religion) 1959.

Work

His most notable contribution to scholarship was a defense of Christian metaphysics in response to the charge of people like

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and

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that Christian claims are linguistically meaningless and should be rejected as such. Ferre argued that Christian

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was legitimate because it passed a fourfold test of a metaphysical worldview, being consistent, coherent, applicable, and adequate.

Bibliography

* ''Language, Logic And God'' (1961), Harper * ''Basic Modern Philosophy Of Religion'' (1967) Scribner * ''Being And Value : Toward A Constructive Postmodern Metaphysics'' (1996) State University of New York Press * ''Ethics And Environmental Policy : Theory Meets Practice'' (1994) with Peter Hartel

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* ''God And Global Justice : Religion And Poverty In An Unequal World'' (1985) with Rita H. Mataragnon, Paragon House * ''Philosophy Of Technology'' (1988), Prentice Hall * ''Hellfire And Lightning Rods : Liberating Science, Technology, And Religion'' (1993), Orbis Books * ''Introduction To Positive Philosophy.'' / Edited, With Introd. And Rev. Translation, By Frederick Ferré (1970),

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* ''Knowing And Value : Toward A Constructive Postmodern Epistemology'' (1998) State University of New York Press * ''Living And Value : Toward A Constructive Postmodern Ethics'' (2001), State University of New York Press * "Mapping the Logic of Models in Science and Theology" '' Christian Scholar'', Volume 46, 1963

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