Review

REASON, RELIGION AND FAITH RELATION IN KIERKEGAARD AND JASPERS’ EXISTENTIALIST PHILOSOPHY

Number: 7 July 20, 2017
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REASON, RELIGION AND FAITH RELATION IN KIERKEGAARD AND JASPERS’ EXISTENTIALIST PHILOSOPHY

Abstract

Theist philosopher Sören Kierkegaard, known as the father of

existentialism, argues that faith and absolute submission to God are essential for an

individual to realize its existence and he emphasizes the paradox of faith. According

to Kierkegaard, faith is not a rational attitude; but it is a paradoxical leap. His view

was that, the truth regarding individual’s existence is subjective; thus, he thinks that

institutional reflection of corrupted Christianism together with the hegemony of

systematic philosophy and scientific areas are obstructions to this and he made

criticisms to all.

Like Kierkegaard, Karl Jaspers also protests church faith; but he is a nonclassical

theist philosopher, defending a philosophical faith in which a philosopher can live

his self-faith that is not imposed to him. For Jaspers, faith is a general concept

embracing both philosophic and religious faith. Criticizing the theology based on

religion or revelation, he considers that faith in God is one of the conditions of

realizing one’s existence. Reason does not conflict with philosophic faith and

philosophic faith is the sole faith that a philosopher shall have. According to him,

God of the church is no more a transcendent being but became an ordinary subject

in the universe.

In this framework our study aims to compare the views of Sören Kierkegaard and

Karl Jaspers on religion, faith and reason relations, whether reason or in other words

philosophical thought is enough to found God and faith or not; or do they

compromise or not.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

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Journal Section

Review

Publication Date

July 20, 2017

Submission Date

July 20, 2017

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2017 Number: 7

Chicago
Çelebi, Vedat. 2017. “KİERKEGAARD VE JASPERS’IN VAROLUŞ FELSEFESİNDE AKIL, DİN VE İMAN İLİŞKİSİ⃰”. Temaşa Erciyes Üniversitesi Felsefe Bölümü Dergisi, nos. 7: 101-23. https://izlik.org/JA85KF59AY.