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Justified Faith without Reasons? : A Comparison between Søren Kierkegaard’s and Alvin Plantinga’s Epistemologies / Valentin Teodorescu.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph Series ; 45Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]Copyright date: ©2024Description: 1 online resource (XXVII, 304 p.)Content type:
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  • 9783111333045
  • 9783111334820
  • 9783111334769
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  • 230.01
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Table of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I Theoretical Epistemology -- 1 Kierkegaard’s Theoretical Epistemology -- 2 The Epistemology of Alvin Plantinga -- 3 Comparison between Plantinga’s and Kierkegaard’s Theoretical Epistemologies -- II Knowledge about the Existence of God -- 4 Kierkegaard and Knowledge about the Existence of God -- 5 Plantinga and the Knowledge about the Existence of God -- 6 Comparison of Plantinga’s and Kierkegaard’s Views Regarding the Knowledge about the Existence of God -- III Arguments for God’s Existence -- 7 Climacus and the Arguments for God’s Existence -- 8 Plantinga’s Arguments for the Existence of God -- 9 Comparison between Kierkegaard’s and Plantinga’s Perspectives on the Arguments for the Existence of God -- IV Knowledge about the Truth of Christianity -- 10 Kierkegaard and the Knowledge about the Truth of Christianity -- 11 Plantinga and the Knowledge about the Truth of Christianity -- 12 Kierkegaard and the Rationality of the Transition between the Competing Interpretations of Existence -- 13 Comparison between Plantinga’s and Kierkegaard’s Views on the Knowledge of Christianity -- Conclusions -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: This study intends to show that the answer to the question whether faith can be justified without proofs can be resolved by importing ideas from Søren Kierkegaard’s and Alvin Plantinga’s affirmative take on the matter. There is a deep similarity between the way they understand belief in God and belief in Christianity. The authors share the modern idea that there is an objective truth, combining it with the postmodern stance that no method exists which would guarantee access to it. One can see at both authors not only a deep commonality of ideas, but also a remarkable way in which their understandings augment each other. Whereas Kierkegaard comes to the provocative conclusion that, if a person wants to live authentically, she will meet Christ on her life’s journey without needing any proof, Plantinga’s inquiry contributes to the rational plausibility of this „Justified Faith without Reasons" project.
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Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Table of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I Theoretical Epistemology -- 1 Kierkegaard’s Theoretical Epistemology -- 2 The Epistemology of Alvin Plantinga -- 3 Comparison between Plantinga’s and Kierkegaard’s Theoretical Epistemologies -- II Knowledge about the Existence of God -- 4 Kierkegaard and Knowledge about the Existence of God -- 5 Plantinga and the Knowledge about the Existence of God -- 6 Comparison of Plantinga’s and Kierkegaard’s Views Regarding the Knowledge about the Existence of God -- III Arguments for God’s Existence -- 7 Climacus and the Arguments for God’s Existence -- 8 Plantinga’s Arguments for the Existence of God -- 9 Comparison between Kierkegaard’s and Plantinga’s Perspectives on the Arguments for the Existence of God -- IV Knowledge about the Truth of Christianity -- 10 Kierkegaard and the Knowledge about the Truth of Christianity -- 11 Plantinga and the Knowledge about the Truth of Christianity -- 12 Kierkegaard and the Rationality of the Transition between the Competing Interpretations of Existence -- 13 Comparison between Plantinga’s and Kierkegaard’s Views on the Knowledge of Christianity -- Conclusions -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- Index

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This study intends to show that the answer to the question whether faith can be justified without proofs can be resolved by importing ideas from Søren Kierkegaard’s and Alvin Plantinga’s affirmative take on the matter. There is a deep similarity between the way they understand belief in God and belief in Christianity. The authors share the modern idea that there is an objective truth, combining it with the postmodern stance that no method exists which would guarantee access to it. One can see at both authors not only a deep commonality of ideas, but also a remarkable way in which their understandings augment each other. Whereas Kierkegaard comes to the provocative conclusion that, if a person wants to live authentically, she will meet Christ on her life’s journey without needing any proof, Plantinga’s inquiry contributes to the rational plausibility of this „Justified Faith without Reasons" project.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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