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A fresh reading of Kierkegaard that engages an essential problem in the philosophy of religion - the difference between what is understood by reason and what must be taken on faith

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As the title The Paradoxical Rationality of Søren Kierkegaard suggests, Richard McCombs sets out to dispel the . . . common view that Kierkegaard is an irrationalist, especially when it comes to matters of faith. Much of the book is dedicated to the idea that despite Kierkegaard's many direct statements against reason, he is actually making an indirect case for how sensible faith in Christ really is.22.4 2014

* International Journal of Philosophiical Studies *

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1. A Pretense of Irrationalism
2. Paradoxical Rationality
3. Reverse Theology
4. The Subtle Power of Simplicity
5. A Critique of Indirect Communication
6. The Figure of Socrates and the Climacean Capacity of Paradoxical Reason
7. The Figure of Socrates and the Downfall of Paradoxical Reason
8. The Proof of Paradoxical Reason
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 04/03/2013
      ISBN13: 9780253006479, 978-0253006479
      ISBN10: 0253006473
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A fresh reading of Kierkegaard that engages an essential problem in the philosophy of religion - the difference between what is understood by reason and what must be taken on faith

      Trade Review

      As the title The Paradoxical Rationality of Søren Kierkegaard suggests, Richard McCombs sets out to dispel the . . . common view that Kierkegaard is an irrationalist, especially when it comes to matters of faith. Much of the book is dedicated to the idea that despite Kierkegaard's many direct statements against reason, he is actually making an indirect case for how sensible faith in Christ really is.22.4 2014

      * International Journal of Philosophiical Studies *

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Abbreviations
      1. A Pretense of Irrationalism
      2. Paradoxical Rationality
      3. Reverse Theology
      4. The Subtle Power of Simplicity
      5. A Critique of Indirect Communication
      6. The Figure of Socrates and the Climacean Capacity of Paradoxical Reason
      7. The Figure of Socrates and the Downfall of Paradoxical Reason
      8. The Proof of Paradoxical Reason
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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