Kierkegaard and the limits of reason: Can there be a responsible fideism?
Evans, Charles Stephen
Evans, Charles Stephen
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Abstract
This paper argues that Kierkegaard is not an irrationalist, but a "responsible fideist." Responsible fideism attempts to answer two important philosophical questions: "Are there limits to reason?" and "How can the limits of reason be recognized?" Kierkegaard's account of the incarnation as "the absolute paradox" does not see the incarnation as a logical contradiction, but rather functions in a way similar to a Kantian antimony. Faith in the incarnation both helps us recognize the limits of reason and also to a degree overcomes those limits.
Keywords
Contradictories, Reason, Fideism, Humans, Paradoxes, Christianity, Faith, Christian history, Reasonable reliance, Truth
Date
2008
Type
Journal article
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Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia
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311-325