Hope and the chaos of imagination in Kant and Kierkegaard*

被引:1
作者
Helms, Eleanor [1 ]
机构
[1] Calif Polytech State Univ San Luis Obispo, Dept Philosophy, 1 Grand Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 USA
关键词
reason; faith; understanding; imagination; genius; possibility; teleology; Kant; Kierkegaard;
D O I
10.1080/01916599.2020.1799556
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
Faith for Kierkegaard is 'beyond' reason in some senses but not others. Faith is more specific and more subjective than concepts. On the other hand, Kant claims it is the faculty of reason that motivates us to make sense of anything and enables us to take something teleologically as a task, including faith. I begin from Kant's account of the artistic genius to show how the faculties of imagination and understanding are related for Kant and how Kierkegaard's description of faith as a synthesis relies on the teleological structures established by Kant. While imagination can overwhelm understanding in works of artistic genius, a complex harmony nevertheless emerges that depends on the viewer (i.e. is 'subjective') but originates in the work. The free play between imagination and understanding in Kantian aesthetic judgments offers a way in which faith and understanding can be in tension for Kierkegaard without there being an absolute boundary that leaves reason behind.
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页码:456 / 469
页数:14
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