Klaus Viertbauer

J.L. Schellenberg transforms the traditional question about the hiddenness of God into an argument against theism. The chapter takes up Schellenberg’s argument and compares it with Kierkegaard’s pseudonymous writings. By doing so it refers to both the aesthetic stage of existence from Kierkegaard’s Either/Or and Climacus’s distinction between religiosity A and B. Against this backdrop the paper argues that Kierkegaard’s theology of the paradox can be seen as an answer to divine hiddenness and thus to J.L. Schellenberg’s atheism.

This volume provides a comprehensive account of Friedrich Schleiermacher's philosophy of religion. The contributors cover the historical context of Schleiermacher's work, specific aspects of his philosophy of religion, and the ways that his work can contribute to contemporary debates. Friedrich Schleiermacher is considered one of the outstanding representatives of 19th-century Protestant theology. This volume brings together scholars from both continental and analytic traditions to explore Schleiermacher's preeminent role in post-Kantian philosophy of religion. The chapters are divided into three thematic sections. The first section situates Schleiermacher in the context of the 19th-century philosophy of religion. These chapters analyse his relation to thinkers such as Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Schelling, Kierkegaard, and Heidegger, as well as to prominent theologians in the Protestant and Catholic traditions. The second section explores different aspects of Schleiermacher's philosophy of religion such as absolute dependence or religious feelings. Finally, section three addresses how Schleiermacher's insights can contribute to contemporary philosophy of religion. These chapters address current debates, particularly on religious experience, feminism, and philosophy of emotions. Friedrich Schleiermacher's Philosophy of Religion will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of religion, history of philosophy, and 19th-century religious thought.

Dem Thema prareflexives Selbstbewusstsein kommt gegenwartig eine erhohte Aufmerksamkeit zu. In diesem Band bundeln Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler, die sich in ihrer Forschungsarbeit - sowohl in der klassisch-kontinentalen wie auch in der analytischen Tradition - eingehend mit der Thematik auseinandergesetzt haben, ihre Uberlegungen in je einem Beitrag. Eine knappe systematische Situierung in Form eines Einleitungskapitels von Manfred Frank rundet den Band ab. Mit Beitragen von Marc Borner, Katja Crone, Manfred Frank, Stefan Lang, Kristina Musholt, Lukas Ohly, Jurgen Stolzenberg, Klaus Viertbauer und Daniel Wehinger.

The paper develops the claim that in The Sickness unto Death, Kierkegaard conceptualizes a demoralized understanding of sin. Rather than interpreting sin as moral guilt, he proposes a concept of sin that takes the form of alienation. The claim is unfolded in a three-step argumentation: First, we identify crucial hermeneutical issues and stress the role of the pseudonyms within Kierkegaard’s writings. Second, we offer a detailed analysis of the theory of self-consciousness developed by Anti-Climacus. Finally, using the romantic interpretation of Kierkegaard as a foundation, we demonstrate how Anti-Climacus conceptualizes sin as alienation

Lassen sich religiose Uberzeugungen mit Vernunft rechtfertigen? Unterscheidet sich die Rechtfertigung religioser von der Rechtfertigung anderer, nicht-religioser Uberzeugungen? Welche Kriterien sind fur die Rechtfertigung religioser Uberzeugungen geeignet? Fragen wie diese beschaftigen die religiose Epistemologie. Die Autorinnen und Autoren des vorliegenden Bandes stecken sich das Ziel, eine Kartographierung der wichtigsten gegenwartigen Modelle in dieser Debatte im Kontext der deutschsprachigen Theologie vorzunehmen. Sie suchen explizit den Dialog zwischen verschiedenen theologischen und religionsphilosophischen Denkformen, um in Form einer ubersichtlichen Darstellung einen moglichst weit gefassten Begriff von religioser Epistemologie zu entwickeln und in die Vielschichtigkeit der Begrundungsmodelle religioser Uberzeugungen einzufuhren.

The aim of my paper is discussing the question, whether Kierkegaard’s concept of a self can be interpreted as a prereflective form of self-conscious-ness. Thereby, I will connect Kierke-gaard to the tradition of both idealism and romanticism, which have been analyzed by the so-called »Hei-delberger Schule« influenced by Dieter Henrich and especially Manfred Frank. By doing so, I will firstly point out, what a prereflective reasoning of self-consciousness means, and I apply these findings in a second step to Kierke-gaard’s definition of the self by making primarily use of the opening passage of Sickness Unto Death.

Human beings have always understood themselves as being different from other forms of life. From this assumption, they have derived specific normative concepts such as human dignity and the status of a person. But is this normative special position still feasible when techniques of self-modeling, which are summarized under the keyword “neuroenhancement”, are applied? Do changes in the concepts of autonomy and authenticity possibly also dissolve the boundaries between humans and animals? Are we on the way to a new human species, and is there even a moral obligation to work towards such an evolution? This paper attempts to summarize this debate and to assess the main arguments.