Gazing Through a Prism Darkly
Gazing Through a Prism Darkly
Reflections on Merold Westphal's Hermeneutical Epistemology
Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
Contributors: B.Keith Putt (editor)
Format: Hardback, 231 x 147 x 23mm , 224 pp
Publication date: 15 Jul 2009
Publisher: Fordham University Press
ISBN-10: 0823230457
EAN: 9780823230457
Merold Westphal has been in the foremost ranks of philosophers who proclaim a new, post-secular philosophy. By articulating an epistemology sensitive to the realities of cognitive finitude and moral weakness, he defends a wisdom that begins in both humility and commitment, one that always confesses that human beings can encounter meaning and truth only as human beings, never as gods.The present volume focuses on this wisdom of humility that characterizes Westphal's thought and explores how that wisdom, expressed through the redemptive dynamic of doubt, can contribute to developing a post secular apologetic for faith.The contributors are: Bruce Ellis Benson, John D. Caputo, William Desmond, C. Stephen Evans, M. Jamie Ferreira, Kevin Hart, Richard Kearney, Martin Beck Matustik, James H. Olthuis, B. Keith Putt, Merold Westphal, and Edith Wyschogrod.
Reviews:
"Useful, not only for those focusing on Westphal's own work, but also for those who are looking for new and exciting scholarship in the thinking of Kierkegaard, Levinas, Derrida, Hegel, and Marion." - Mark Gedney, Gordon College"
Author Biography:
B. KEITH PUTT is Professor of Philosophy at Samford University.