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99Kierkegaard and the Limits of Reason: Can There Be a Responsible Fideism?Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 64 (2/4). 2008.This paper argues that Kierkegaard is not an irrationalist, but a "responsible fideist." Responsible fideism attempts to answer two important philosophical questions: "Are there limits to reason?" and "How can the limits of reason be recognized?" Kierkegaard's account of the incarnation as "the absolute paradox" does not see the incarnation as a logical contradiction, but rather functions in a way similar to a Kantian antimony. Faith in the incarnation both helps us recognize the limits of reaso…Read more
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13Why Kierkegaard still matters : and matters to meIn Robert L. Perkins, Marc Alan Jolley & Edmon L. Rowell (eds.), Why Kierkegaard matters: a festschrift in honor of Robert L. Perkins, Mercer University Press. pp. 21-32. 2010.
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25The Politics of Exodus: Kierkegaard’s Ethics of ResponsibilityInternational Philosophical Quarterly 42 (2): 281-282. 2002.
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84Wisdom as Conceptual UnderstandingFaith and Philosophy 27 (4): 369-381. 2010.This article argues that Platonism provides a plausible account of wisdom, one that is especially attractive for Christians. Christian Platonism sees wisdom as conceptual understanding; it is a “knowledge of the Forms.” To be convincing this view requires us to see understanding as including an appreciation of the relations between concepts as well as the value of the possible ways of being that concepts disclose. If the Forms are Divine Ideas, then we can see why God is both supremely wise and …Read more
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78Can God Be Hidden and Evident at the Same Time? Some Kierkegaardian ReflectionsFaith and Philosophy 23 (3): 241-253. 2006.
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2Faith and reason in Kierkegaard's Concluding unscientific postscriptIn Rick Anthony Furtak (ed.), Kierkegaard's 'Concluding Unscientific Postscript': A Critical Guide, Cambridge University Press. 2010.
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91Kierkegaard's Aesthete and Unamuno's NieblaPhilosophy and Literature 28 (2): 342-352. 2004.What is truly beautiful? For Søren Kierkegaard the beautiful is to be found in an integrated self, one that is freely chosen. This article explores Kierkegaard's "aesthetic" stage of existence through the character of Augusto Pérez, the protagonist of Miguel de Unamuno's novel, Niebla. After establishing a solid link between Unamuno and Kierkegaard, Kierkegaard's "ethical" stage is used to critique the "aesthetic" stage on aesthetic grounds, on the basis of the beauty found in life's work, a cal…Read more
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29Philosophy of Religion: Thinking About FaithIvp Academic. 2009.General preface -- Preface to the second edition -- What is philosophy of religion? -- Philosophy of religion and other disciplines -- Philosophy of religion and philosophy -- Can thinking about religion be neutral? -- Fideism -- Neutralism -- Critical dialogue -- The theistic God : the project of natural theology -- Concepts of God -- The theistic concept of God -- A case study : divine foreknowledge and human freedom -- The problem of religious language -- Natural theology -- Proofs of God's e…Read more
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13Merold Westphal on the sociopolitical implications of Kierkegaard's thoughtIn B. Keith Putt (ed.), Gazing through a prism darkly: reflections on Merold Westphal's hermeneutical epistemology, Fordham University Press. 2009.This chapter discusses Merold Westphal's thoughts on the sociopolitical implications of Kierkegaard's philosophy. It presents cases in which Kierkegaard's thoughts on some issues are unacceptable to Westphal, which include political and social equality in Kierkegaard's Works of Love and the need for “hands-on” concern for the disadvantaged.
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46Kierkegaard's aesthete and unamuno'sPhilosophy and Literature 28 (2): 342-352. 2004.: What is truly beautiful? For Søren Kierkegaard the beautiful is to be found in an integrated self, one that is freely chosen. This article explores Kierkegaard's "aesthetic" stage of existence through the character of Augusto Pérez, the protagonist of Miguel de Unamuno's novel, Niebla. After establishing a solid link between Unamuno and Kierkegaard, Kierkegaard's "ethical" stage is used to critique the "aesthetic" stage on aesthetic grounds, on the basis of the beauty found in life's work, a c…Read more
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1Unity and multiplicity in hypnosis, commissurotomy, and multiple personality disorderJournal of Mind and Behavior 5 (4): 423-431. 1984.
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9Reductionism as absentmindedness: Existentialism and phenomenology as strategies for defending personhood (review)Man and World 14 (2): 175-188. 1981.
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Wisdom and Humanness in Psychology: Prospects for a Christian ApproachBehavior and Philosophy 19 (1): 109-112. 1991.
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6Pocket Dictionary of Apologetics & Philosophy of Religion: 300 Terms Thinkers Clearly Concisely DefinedInterVarsity Press. 2002.Designed as a companion to the study of apologetics and philosophy of religion, this pocket dictionary by C. Stephen Evans offers 300 entries covering terms, apologists, philosophers, movements, apologetic arguments and theologies.
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3The Politics of Exodus: Kierkegaard’s Ethics of Responsibility (review)International Philosophical Quarterly 42 (2): 281-282. 2002.
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49The God of Metaphysics, by T. L. S. Sprigge.: Book Reviews (review)Mind 119 (475): 860-864. 2010.(No abstract is available for this citation)
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52The Epistemological Significance of Transformative Religious ExperiencesFaith and Philosophy 8 (2): 180-192. 1991.
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4Few writer-philosophers of the past have evoked as much curiosity in the twentieth century than Soren Kierkegaard. The further one probes into his thought the more his ideas prove to have relevance for the modern world and especially to Christians. Such is the case with psychology.
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99Separable souls: A defense of minimal dualismSouthern Journal of Philosophy 19 (3): 313-332. 1981.
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14Separable Souls: A Defense of “Minimal Dualism”Southern Journal of Philosophy 19 (3): 313-331. 1981.
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38Separable Souls: A Defense of “Minimal Dualism”Southern Journal of Philosophy 19 (3): 313-331. 1981.
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8Immanuel Kant, Soren Kierkegaard, and William James- three diverse philosophers from three different eras- have followed a similar route of non-theoretical justification of belief. This position states that there is no theoretical knowledge, positive or negative, of divine existence. The defense of religious belief, therefore, must be related to pervasive features of practical human existence; in other words, it must be subjective. While giving amble attention to the differences among these thre…Read more
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3Religious experience and the question of whether belief in God requires evidenceIn Kelly James Clark & Raymond J. VanArragon (eds.), Evidence and Religious Belief, Oxford University Press. 2011.
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Subjectivity and Religious BeliefInternational Journal for Philosophy of Religion 13 (1): 44-45. 1982.
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Passionate Reason: Making Sense of Kierkegaard's Philosophical FragmentsInternational Journal for Philosophy of Religion 36 (1): 57-59. 1994.
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39Passionate Reason: Making Sense of Kierkegaard's Philosophical FragmentsIndiana University Press. 1992.Johannes Climacus, Søren Kierkegaard's pseudonymous author of Philosophical Fragments, "invents" a religion suspiciously resembling Christianity as an alternative to the assumption that humans possess the Truth within themselves. Through this literary device, Climacus raises in a fresh and audacious way age-old questions about the relation of Christian faith to human reason. Is the idea of a human incarnation of God logically coherent? Is religious faith the product of a voluntary choice? In a c…Read more
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