Subjectivity and Irreligion

Atheism and Agnosticism in Kant, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche

Matthew Alun Ray (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

136 Seiten

2003
Routledge (Verlag)
9780754634560 (ISBN)

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Kant's take on the relationship between humanity and divinity is more complex and less assured than that to be found in most modern philosophers and apologists. The author traces this uneasy truth, or troubling notion, in the works of Kant, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche.

This book asks specific philosophical questions about the underlying structure of Kant, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche's thoughts on atheism and agnosticism; thoughts that represent one of the most concerted attacks on monotheistic religion in modern philosophy. Yet commentators interested in philosophical atheism have ignored frequently this tradition. Matthew Ray concludes that Kant's moral theology is largely undersupported; Schopenhauer's metaphysical and ethical atheism is flawed in several areas; and Nietzsche's naturalistic attack on Christianity is only partially successful. Taking a critical stance toward the atheistic orthodoxy in modern philosophy, Ray argues that the question of God's existence remains characteristically unresolved in post-Kantian philosophy.

Matthew Alun Ray, University of Bristol, UK

Contents: Apologia; Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum; Darker presences; Questionable features of life and imaginary benefits of death; An experiment in strength; Abandoned truth; Doubts about doubt; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.12.2003
Reihe/Serie	Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	340 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-13	9780754634560 / 9780754634560
Zustand	Neuware