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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Türkçe
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Yayımlanma Tarihi
20 Temmuz 2017
Gönderilme Tarihi
20 Temmuz 2017
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Yıl 2017 Sayı: 7