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Jan 27, 2022 · The result is an original account of the leap relevant to both philosophy of religion and more general debates concerning rationality, incommensurability, and noncommensurability. Specifically, the “leap” concerns both general transitions between different normative standards and religious conversions in particular.
Apr 9, 2023 · In conclusion, Kierkegaard’s concept of the leap of faith represents a radical act of commitment to an idea or belief, regardless of whether or not it can be rationally or empirically proven. This commitment requires a willingness to embrace uncertainty and ambiguity, and to accept the possibility that one’s belief may not be objectively true.
Philosophy of Religion 21: 95-114(1987) ©Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht - Printed in the Netherlands For years now philosophers of religion have pondered S^ren Kierkegaard's suggestion that religious faith involves a leap, a metabasis eis allo genos. Although this interesting metaphor,
May 28, 2006 · The popular association of the leap with Kierkegaard is often couched in terms of the leap of faith. It is worthwhile to be reminded, however, and interesting to note, that Kierkegaard never uses any Danish equivalent of the English phrase “leap of faith,” a phrase that involves a circularity insofar as it seems to imply that the leap is made by faith.
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As an idiom, leap of faith can refer to the act of believing something that is unprovable. [1] The term can also refer to a risky thing a person does in hopes of a positive outcome. [2] Moreover, leap of faith may also refer to a mechanic in videogames in which the player is forced to jump to a platform or location that cannot be seen from the ...
Jun 6, 2023 · For Kierkegaard, this leap of faith was necessary for true religious belief and for making sense of the world. Kierkegaard's Leap of Faith is an important concept in philosophy because it challenges the traditional view that knowledge and understanding can only be gained through reason and empirical evidence.
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Jan 1, 2020 · 22 Philosophy of Right, s.29. It is of some interest to observe that this passage continues as follows: “Once this principle [of the supremacy of subjectivity] is adopted, of course, the rational can come on the scene only as a restriction of the type of freedom which this principle involves. . . .
