Kierkegaard

Cause and Effect

by Shannon Nason

Rough draft of a paper to appear in Kierkegaard's Concepts, ed. Jon Stewart (Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing Company, forthcoming)

I offer an analysis of the concept of cause and effect in Kierkegaard's thought. Particular attention is given to... more I offer an analysis of the concept of cause and effect in Kierkegaard's thought. Particular attention is given to Kierkegaard's metaphysical views about efficient and final causation

TEMPO E ETERNIDADE SOB A PERSPECTIVA DO UNO EM MELISSO DE SAMOS E DO DEVIR KIERKEGAARDIANO NO INTERLÚDIO DE MIGALHAS FILOSÓFICAS

by Humberto Quaglio de Souza

Published in "Pensando - Revista de Filosofia", v. 2, n. 4 (2011), ISSN 2178-843X, http://www.ojs.ufpi.br/index.php/pensando/index

Time and eternity under the perspective of Melissus of Samos’ one and the kierkegaardian concept of becoming in... more Time and eternity under the perspective of Melissus of Samos’ one and the kierkegaardian concept of becoming in Philosophical Fragments’ Interlude
In the thought of the Pre-Socratic philosophers of the Eleatic School, particularly in the fragments of Melissus of Samos’ texts, it is possible to notice the importance of the idea of One, a consequence of the denial of the idea of becoming in the arguments of the aforesaid Greek philosopher. In his book Philosophical fragments, especially in its Interlude, Søren Kierkegaard, under his pseudonym Johannes Climacus, disputes on the idea of the necessity of the past and exposes arguments on the concept of becoming that can be read as an antithesis to Melissus of Samos doctrines. Such ideas lead to distinct notions of time and eternity.

World that Matters: Reply to Poul Houe

by Narve Strand

"In the Shadow of Kierkegaard", Roman Kralik & Abrahim H. Kahn (eds.), University of Toronto/Central European Research Institiute of Søren Kierkegaard, 2011

Praxis and Phronesis in Aristotle and Kierkegaard Praxis and Phronesis in Aristotle and Kierkegaard

Sobre uma Existentiel-Videnskab: o conceito de Inter-Esse no Pós-Escrito

by Gabriel Ferreira

On a Existentiel-Videnskab: the concept of Inter-Esse in Postscript

In an entry of Papirer, located between the years 1842-1843 (IV C 100), entitled "On the concepts of Esse and... more In an entry of Papirer, located between the years 1842-1843 (IV C 100), entitled "On the concepts of Esse and Inter-Esse," Kierkegaard makes a fundamental methodological assertion: the various sciences should be ordered and built through the accent put on being (Vaeren - Esse). Thus, the ontology and mathematics, because they develop from a ground of elemental unity between thought and being, are a particular kind of science with epistemological well-defined characteristics. However, as Kierkegaard shows in Postscript, the same plea can not be relied on what is named Inter-Esse. Thus, this paper aims to outline the general features of the concept of Inter-Esse as well as their connections with what, in that same entry, Kierkegaard calls "Existential Science" (Existentiel-videnskab).

Kierkegaard; Existence; Ontology; Epistemology.

A Brief History of Continental Realism

by Lee Braver

Continental Philosophy Review
DOI: 10.1007/s11007-012-9220-2

This paper explains the nature and origin of what I am calling Transgressive Realism, a middle path between realism... more This paper explains the nature and origin of what I am calling Transgressive Realism, a middle path between realism and anti-realism which tries to combine their strengths while avoiding their weaknesses. Kierkegaard created the position by merging Hegel’s insistence that we must have some kind of contact with anything we can call real (thus rejecting noumena), with Kant’s belief that reality fundamentally exceeds our understanding; human reason should not be the criterion of the real. The result is the idea that our most vivid encounters with reality come in experiences that shatter our categories, the way God’s commandment to kill Isaac irreconcilably clashes with the best understanding of ethics we are capable of. I explain the genesis of this idea, and then show it at work in Heidegger and Levinas’ thought. Understanding this position illuminates important aspects of the history of continental philosophy and offers a new perspective on realism.

Debate #4 Kierkegaard and Theology: Friend or Foe? A Lecture by Myron Penner

by Trinity Debates

March 27, 2006

Daniel Bilba - Soren Kirkegaard sau retragerea comunicatorului

by Daniel Bilba

La paradoja absoluta en Soren Kierkeggard

by Gonzalo Montenegro

Published in Enrique Sáez (editor). Seis Migajas Kierkegaardianas. Publicación Especial nº 96, Serie Cursos y Seminarios, Departamento de Filosofía, Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad de Chile. pp. 61-70.

La paradoja existencial es una denominación que cubre transversalmente un conjunto de fenómenos problemáticos... more La paradoja existencial es una denominación que cubre transversalmente un conjunto de fenómenos problemáticos presentados en lo que se ha dado en llamar existencialismo. Es más, a cada autor agrupado en esta tendencia es posible atribuirle variadas situaciones absurdas a las que cabe la clasificación de “paradójicas”. Kierkegaard, por ejemplo, permite hablar de paradojas en gran cantidad de situaciones dadas en su vida y su obra. Pareciera que su vida transcurre bajo un signo sórdido que inunda cada instante de su existencia: la ruptura con Regina Olsen, los análisis del Sacrificio de Abraham y su salto hacia la fe dan para pensar en ello. En este caso nos
abocaremos en particular al análisis de la que él mismo denomina paradoja absoluta en el libro 'Migajas Filosóficas'; refiriendo con ello a la aporía enfrentada por la razón a la hora de intentar comprender el fenómeno de Dios hecho hombre.

Algumas considerações sobre o conceito de Verdade no Postscriptum de S. Kierkegaard

by Gabriel Ferreira

Revista Filosofia Capital - vol. 6 - 2011

"Some remarks on the concept of Truth in Kierkegaard's Concluding Unscientific Postscript" "Some remarks on the concept of Truth in Kierkegaard's Concluding Unscientific Postscript"

Camus leitor de Kierkegaard: O conceito de Existência com constante referência a Kierkegaard

by Gabriel Ferreira

Revista Pandora - vol. 23

"Camus reader of Kierkegaard: the concept of Existence with continual reference to Kierkegaard" "Camus reader of Kierkegaard: the concept of Existence with continual reference to Kierkegaard"

Repetition and the Test of Time

by Mew Ophaswongse

Lent Term Essay

For some artworks, we find ourselves coming back to revisit them. Here there is what I may call a “love of repetition”... more For some artworks, we find ourselves coming back to revisit them. Here there is what I may call a “love of repetition” with respect to the artworks in question. When this love of repetition persists over time, we often come to regard such works as lasting or that they have “passed the test of time.” Such test is often evoked in art criticism, however what it means remains largely unelucidated. In this essay, I try to elucidate what it means for an artwork to pass the test of time and in so doing, articulate the limits of our philosophical inquiry into art.

Imagination and Ethics in the Age of Information

by Mew Ophaswongse

Lent Term Essay

In this paper, I address two questions pertaining to the January 25 uprising in Tahrir Square, an exemplary case of... more In this paper, I address two questions pertaining to the January 25 uprising in Tahrir Square, an exemplary case of the crossover between "virtual" and "real" activism. First, what are the differences between launching an uprising on the Internet and on the ground when the ends of both turn out the be the same, i.e, the people's revolution? Second, what are the ethical implications of actions in the so-called “virtual” realm? Ultimately I argue that our present age calls for a different paradigm for approaching problems of communication and action.

Completing the Vision: Soren Kierkegaard's Pseudonymous Texts and Attack Upon Christendom

by Stephen Backhouse

MA thesis, McGill University, 2003

2012 - Kierkegaard et la reprise esthétique du topos symposiaque – Notes sur le style et l’écriture atmosphérique dans In vino veritas

by Dominic Desroches

(Avec C. Perrin) Kierkegaard et la reprise esthétique du topos symposiaque – Notes sur le style et l’écriture atmosphérique dans In vino veritas, in Symposium, Alberta (Can.), 2012 (En lecture).

Résumé

Premier texte des Stades sur le chemin de la vie, « In vino veritas » n’est pas le texte le plus... more Résumé

Premier texte des Stades sur le chemin de la vie, « In vino veritas » n’est pas le texte le plus cité de Kierkegaard. Pourtant, son étude peut nous apprendre beaucoup sur la méthode pseudonymique, les thèmes et les expressions de l’esthétique, mais aussi sur la manière avec laquelle, après Platon, Kierkegaard, fait du banquet un lieu sinon un climat de discours sur la vérité. Cet article situera ce texte peu connu, en rappellera le propos, afin d’expliquer ensuite son rôle dans la topologie existentielle. Il ne renoncera pas à interpréter le texte au moyen de ses dispositifs d’écriture et sa rhétorique. Par là, il espère dégager des modalités du style d’écriture atmosphérique kierkegaardien.

"Kierkegaard's Socratic Point of View" (abridged version), A Companion to Socrates (2006; rev. ed. 2009)

by Paul Muench

La lupa de Kierkegaard

by Juan Antonio Fernández Manzano

Response: The Kierkegaardian self and person-centred therapy

by John Lippitt

Draft, forthcoming in Helle Møller Jensen & George Pattison, Kierkegaard’s Pastoral Dialogues (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2012).

What kind of a therapist is Kierkegaard? In this brief response to Helle Møller Jensen & George Pattison's... more What kind of a therapist is Kierkegaard? In this brief response to Helle Møller Jensen & George Pattison's rendering of some of Kierkegaard's Upbuilding Discourses as dialogues, I shall approach this question by looking at a major form of contemporary psychotherapy that claims Kierkegaard as an influence. Carl Rogers’ ‘person-centred’ approach is one of the most commonly practiced forms of contemporary psychotherapy. I shall argue that what Kierkegaard offers is something essentially different from Rogers' approach. In fact, I argue, Rogers’ position ultimately rests on assumptions that manifest a version of what Kierkegaard calls the ‘despair of defiance’. I consider the view of the self and its autonomy presupposed by Rogers’ approach, and compare this view with that of Anti-Climacus, the pseudonym under which Kierkegaard wrote The Sickness Unto Death. While finding something admirable about person-centred therapy’s trust in its clients, I thus raise some Kierkegaard-inspired questions about this trust. And I close by briefly considering how, both in the dialogues presented here and in the therapeutic relationship, a kind of ‘indirect communication’ may be at work.

“Thinking Death into Every Moment: The Existence-Problem of Dying in Kierkegaard’s Postscript,” Kierkegaard and Death (2011)

by Paul Muench

Review of Concluding Unscientific Postscript, trans. Alastair Hannay (Cambridge University Press, 2009) in Søren Kierkegaard Newsletter 56 (November 2010)

by Paul Muench

"Kierkegaard’s Socratic Pseudonym: A Profile of Johannes Climacus,” Kierkegaard’s “Concluding Unscientific Postscript”: A Critical Guide (2010)

by Paul Muench