Kierkegaard and the limits of reason: Can there be a responsible fideism?

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Evans, Charles Stephen. (2008). Kierkegaard and the limits of reason: Can there be a responsible fideism? Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia.
AuthorsEvans, Charles Stephen
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.

KeywordsContradictories; Reason; Fideism; Humans; Paradoxes; Christianity; Faith; Christian history; Reasonable reliance; Truth
Year2008
JournalRevista Portuguesa de Filosofia
PublisherFaculdade de Filosofia, Universidade Catolica Portuguesa
ISSN0870-5283
Web address (URL)http://www.jstor.org/stable/40419599
Page range311 - 325
Place of publicationPortugal
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