Passionate Reason: Making Sense of Kierkegaard's Philosophical Fragments
C. Stephen Evans
Johannes Climacus, S??ren Kierkegaard's pseudonymous author of Philosophical Fragments, "invents" a religion suspiciously resembling Christianity as an alternative to the assumption that humans possess the Truth within themselves. Through this literary device, Climacus raises in a fresh and audacious way age-old questions about the relation of Christian faith to human reason. Is the idea of a human incarnation of God logically coherent? Is religious faith the product of a voluntary choice? In a comprehensive discussion of one of Kierkegaard's most important books, C. Stephen Evans elucidates Kierkegaard's novel explanation that the tension between faith and reason must be understood as a consequence of the passionate character of reason itself. Passionate Reason situates Kierkegaard's philosophy in the context of postmodern religious thought, providing a contemporary reading of Fragments as a challenge to both the modern Enlightenment critique of reason and the postmodern abandonment of truth.
Kategorije:
Godina:
1992
Izdavač:
Indiana University Press
Jezik:
english
Strane:
245
ISBN 10:
0253320739
Serije:
Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion
Fajl:
PDF, 1.74 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1992