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Gazing through a prism darkly : reflections on Merold Westphal's hermeneutical epistemology /
Merold Westphal has been in the foremost ranks of philosophers who proclaim a new postsecular philosophy. By articulating an epistemology sensitive to the realities of cognitive finitude and moral weakness, he defends a wisdom that begins in both humility and commitment, one that always confesses th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2009.
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| Edición: | 1st edition. |
| Colección: | Perspectives in continental philosophy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Merold Westphal has been in the foremost ranks of philosophers who proclaim a new postsecular philosophy. By articulating an epistemology sensitive to the realities of cognitive finitude and moral weakness, he defends a wisdom that begins in both humility and commitment, one that always confesses that human beings can encounter meaning and truth only as human beings, never as gods. The present volume focuses on this wisdom of humility that characterizes Westphal's thought and explores how that wisdom, expressed through the redemptive dynamic of doubt, can contribute to developing a postsecular. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 243 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-233) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780823235223 082323522X 9780823247172 0823247171 1282699016 9781282699014 9780823237678 0823237672 |