The Contemplative Spirit: D.Z. Phillips on Religion and the Limits of Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9783161505058 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 303 str.

Dalferth, Ingolf U.

Opis

To understand reality in terms of what is possible has methodological implications which a contemplative philosophy makes explicit. The goal is no longer to determine how things are or must be but rather to provide an overview of how they could be and the diversity with which they already appear. The function of philosophy is not the discovery of a single answer but rather a careful description of the diversity and the heterogeneity of possible answers in different contexts and practices. This approach, inspired by Wittgenstein, was applied to the philosophy of religion by Dewi Z. Phillips (1934-2006) in particular. This volume explores his contemplative philosophy of religion in an intense and lively discussion, showing how the description of religious faith and the access to its practice and language change unexpectedly and provocatively in this way of thinking. §With contributions by:Richard Amesbury, Ray Paul Bitar, Peter F. Bloemendaal, Thomas D. Carroll, Ingolf U. Dalferth, Hans-Peter Grosshans, Eberhard Herrmann, Patrick Horn, Anders Kraal, Randy Ramal, Michael Rodgers, Hartmut von Sass, Klaus von Stosch, Hugo Strandberg

O autorze

Geboren 1948; 1977 Promotion; 1982 Habilitation; Professor Emeritus für Systematische Theologie, Symbolik und Religionsphilosophie an der Universität Zürich; Danforth Professor Emeritus für Religionsphilosophie an der Claremont Graduate University in Kalifornien. Geboren 1980; Privatdozent für Systematische Theologie an der Universität Zürich und stellv. Direktor des Collegium Helveticum, Universität und ETH Zürich.