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5Opposites, Contradictories, and Mediation in K ierkegaard's Critique of HegelHeythrop Journal 53 (1): 24-36. 2012.
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132Contingency, Necessity, and Causation in Kierkegaard's Theory of ChangeBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy 20 (1): 141-162. 2012.In this paper I argue that Kierkegaard's theory of change is motivated by a robust notion of contingency. His view of contingency is sharply juxtaposed with a strong notion of absolute necessity. I show that how he understands these notions explains certain of his claims about causation. I end by suggesting a compatibilist interpretation of Kierkegaard's philosophy
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65Opposites, Contradictories, and Mediation in Kierkegaard's Critique of HegelHeythrop Journal 52 (6): 24-36. 2011.In this paper I argue that Kierkegaard endorses Hegel's theory of mediation, the view that relative opposites are mediated. However, I show that Kierkegaard denies Hegel's thesis that there are all and only relative opposites. I develop two of his arguments against this thesis. The first is existential. This argument comes from the dramatic interplay between A, the often disagreeable aesthete of Either/Or I, and Judge William, the dutiful ethicist of Either/Or II. Judge William convincingly argu…Read more
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