Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W160503485> ?p ?o ?g. }
Showing items 1 to 77 of
77
with 100 items per page.
- W160503485 abstract "This thesis is a critical comparison of the accounts of religious belief proposed by William James and Soren Kierkegaard. Both James and Kierkegaard greatly emphasize the subjective aspects of religious belief. In view of this fact, surprisingly little comparative work has been done in this area. I contribute to this literature in two ways. Firstly, I make a brief assessment of what James knew of Kierkegaard’s work. Secondly, I draw four comparisons between Kierkegaard and James. In Chapter One I examine the claim that Kierkegaard proposes a pragmatist account of faith of the kind that James sets out in his essay The Will To Believe. I argue that this claim rests on a misunderstanding of Kierkegaard’s argument that to have faith is to take a risk. In the following chapter I discuss James’s and Kierkegaard’s views on formal proofs for the existence of God. Both philosophers reject the notion that faith can be based on such proofs. I distinguish between their positions, and argue in favour of Kierkegaard’s. In the third chapter I compare Kierkegaard’s and James’s accounts of religious experience. James views religious experiences as a special kind of evidence for the existence of God. For Kierkegaard it is a mistake to view religious experiences as evidence. Such experiences should be understood in relation to the concept of religious authority. In the final chapter I examine Kierkegaard’s conception of faith as a life-view. I argue that for Kierkegaard a life-view is a fundamental perspective on one’s existence. I compare this conception with James’s concept of philosophical temperament and in relation to his discussion of the sick soul." @default.
- W160503485 created "2016-06-24" @default.
- W160503485 creator A5008214852 @default.
- W160503485 date "2009-09-01" @default.
- W160503485 modified "2023-09-25" @default.
- W160503485 title "A critical comparison of William James and Søren Kierkegaard on religious belief" @default.
- W160503485 hasPublicationYear "2009" @default.
- W160503485 type Work @default.
- W160503485 sameAs 160503485 @default.
- W160503485 citedByCount "0" @default.
- W160503485 crossrefType "dissertation" @default.
- W160503485 hasAuthorship W160503485A5008214852 @default.
- W160503485 hasConcept C108710211 @default.
- W160503485 hasConcept C111472728 @default.
- W160503485 hasConcept C138885662 @default.
- W160503485 hasConcept C158573231 @default.
- W160503485 hasConcept C17744445 @default.
- W160503485 hasConcept C185592680 @default.
- W160503485 hasConcept C199539241 @default.
- W160503485 hasConcept C200610012 @default.
- W160503485 hasConcept C2524010 @default.
- W160503485 hasConcept C25343380 @default.
- W160503485 hasConcept C2776971825 @default.
- W160503485 hasConcept C2777179996 @default.
- W160503485 hasConcept C2778692574 @default.
- W160503485 hasConcept C33923547 @default.
- W160503485 hasConcept C41008148 @default.
- W160503485 hasConcept C55493867 @default.
- W160503485 hasConcept C77088390 @default.
- W160503485 hasConcept C81698637 @default.
- W160503485 hasConcept C98184364 @default.
- W160503485 hasConceptScore W160503485C108710211 @default.
- W160503485 hasConceptScore W160503485C111472728 @default.
- W160503485 hasConceptScore W160503485C138885662 @default.
- W160503485 hasConceptScore W160503485C158573231 @default.
- W160503485 hasConceptScore W160503485C17744445 @default.
- W160503485 hasConceptScore W160503485C185592680 @default.
- W160503485 hasConceptScore W160503485C199539241 @default.
- W160503485 hasConceptScore W160503485C200610012 @default.
- W160503485 hasConceptScore W160503485C2524010 @default.
- W160503485 hasConceptScore W160503485C25343380 @default.
- W160503485 hasConceptScore W160503485C2776971825 @default.
- W160503485 hasConceptScore W160503485C2777179996 @default.
- W160503485 hasConceptScore W160503485C2778692574 @default.
- W160503485 hasConceptScore W160503485C33923547 @default.
- W160503485 hasConceptScore W160503485C41008148 @default.
- W160503485 hasConceptScore W160503485C55493867 @default.
- W160503485 hasConceptScore W160503485C77088390 @default.
- W160503485 hasConceptScore W160503485C81698637 @default.
- W160503485 hasConceptScore W160503485C98184364 @default.
- W160503485 hasLocation W1605034851 @default.
- W160503485 hasOpenAccess W160503485 @default.
- W160503485 hasPrimaryLocation W1605034851 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W102862888 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W127041398 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W1603063355 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W1608667688 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W175442372 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W1990959828 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W2073442227 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W2106301690 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W2593159615 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W2600539576 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W2608322832 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W2780791938 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W2790126834 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W2792169746 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W2945207349 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W3127870862 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W3204545929 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W656798259 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W98518771 @default.
- W160503485 hasRelatedWork W2585296497 @default.
- W160503485 isParatext "false" @default.
- W160503485 isRetracted "false" @default.
- W160503485 magId "160503485" @default.
- W160503485 workType "dissertation" @default.