Theories of Religious Knowledge from Kant to Jaspers

Bella K. Milmed

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Theories of Religious Knowledge from Kant to Jaspers

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THE problem of religious knowledge may be stated very simply. If there is (or is not) a real God, how can we find out that fact? The present discussion assumes that this is just what we must find out, if there is to be any possibility of a philosophically valid religion; for the essential element in religion is God, and consequently the essential philosophical question in regard to religion is that of the reality of God.

Type: Research Article
Information: Philosophy , Volume 29 , Issue 110 , July 1954 , pp. 195 - 215

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031819100054711 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 1954

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^{page 195 note 1} E.g. by Russell, Bertrand, Human Knowledge, Its Scope and Limits (New York, Simon and Schuster, 1948), p. 4.Google Scholar

^{page 196 note 1} [Kant, Immanuel], Selections, edited by Greene, Theodore Meyer (New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929), p. 57.Google Scholar

^{page 196 note 2} Ibid., p. 239.

^{page 196 note 3} Ibid., p. 242.

^{page 197 note 1} Kant, Selections, p. 158.

^{page 197 note 2} Ibid., p. 62.

^{page 197 note 3} Ibid., p. 243.

^{page 197 note 4} Ibid., p 237.

^{page 197 note 5} Ibid., p. 251.

^{page 197 note 6} Ibid., p. 57.

^{page 197 note 7} Ibid., p. 153.

^{page 198 note 1} Kant, Selections, p. 57.

^{page 198 note 2} Ibid., p. 152.

^{page 198 note 3} Ibid., p. 56.

^{page 199 note 1} Kant, Selections, p. 362.

^{page 199 note 2} Ibid., p. 240.

^{page 199 note 3} Ibid., p. 242.

^{page 199 note 4} Ibid., pp. 257–8.

^{page 200 note 1} Hocking, William Ernest, The Meaning of God in Human Experience(New Haven, Yale University Press, 1928), (Chapter XVI).Google Scholar

^{page 200 note 2} Ibid., p. 269.

^{page 200 note 3} Ibid., p. 270.

^{page 200 note 4} Ibid., p. 255.

^{page 200 note 5} Ibid., p. 261.

^{page 200 note 6} Ibid., p. 271.

^{page 200 note 7} Ibid., p. 274.

^{page 201 note 1} W. E. Hocking, The Meaning of God in Human Experience, p. 294.

^{page 201 note 2} Ibid., p. 293.

^{page 201 note 3} Ibid., p. 297.

^{page 201 note 4} Ibid., pp. 250–1.

^{page 201 note 5} Ibid., p. 251.

^{page 201 note 6} Ibid., pp. 275–6.

^{page 202 note 1} W. E. Hocking, The Meaning of God in Human Experience, pp. 310–11.

^{page 203 note 1} William, James, The Varieties of Religious Experience (New York, Longmans, Green and Company, 1928), p. 58.Google Scholar

^{page 203 note 2} Ibid., p. 72.

^{page 203 note 3} Ibid., pp. 455–6.

^{page 203 note 4} Ibid., pp. 489–98.

^{page 203 note 5} Ibid., p. 498.

^{page 203 note 6} Ibid., p. 499.

^{page 204 note 1} W. James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, p. 508.

^{page 204 note 2} Ibid., p. 516.

^{page 204 note 3} Ibid., pp. 516–17.

^{page 204 note 4} Ibid., p. 519.

^{page 204 note 5} Ibid., p. 519.

^{page 204 note 6} Ibid., p. 507.

^{page 204 note 7} Henri, Bergson, The Two Sources of Morality and Religion, translated by Sudra, R. Ashley and Brereton, Cloudesley (New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1935), pp. 220–1.Google Scholar

^{page 205 note 1} H. Bergson, The Two Sources of Morality and Religion, p. 229.

^{page 205 note 2} Russell, Bertrand, Religion and Science (London, Thornton Butterworth, Ltd., 1935). P. 178.Google Scholar

^{page 205 note 3} H. Bergson, op. cit., p. 218.

^{page 205 note 4} B. Russell, Religion and Science, p. 180.

^{page 205 note 5} Ibid., p. 180.

^{page 205 note 6} Ibid., pp. 178–9.

^{page 205 note 7} H. Bergson, op. cit., p. 235.

^{page 205 note 8} Ibid., p. 236.

^{page 206 note 1} B. Russell, Religion and Science, p. 178.

^{page 206 note 2} Ibid., p. 179.

^{page 206 note 3} Ibid., p. 187.

^{page 206 note 4} H. Bergson, The Two Sources of Morality and Religion, p. 234.

^{page 206 note 5} Ibid., pp. 202–3.

^{page 207 note 1} B. Russell, Human Knowledge, Its Scope and Limits, pp. 202–3.

^{page 207 note 2} B. Russell, Religion and Science, p. 188.

^{page 208 note 1} H. Bergson, The Two Sources of Morality and Religion, p. 218.

^{page 208 note 2} W. James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, p. 18.

^{page 208 note 3} H. Bergson, op. cit., p. 236.

^{page 208 note 4} B. Russell, Religion and Science, pp. 181–6.

^{page 208 note 5} George, Santayana, Scepticism and Animal Faith, in The Philosophy of Santayana, edited by Edman, Irwin (New York, Scribner's, 1936). p. 373.Google Scholar

^{page 209 note 1} George Santayana, Scepticism and Animal Faith, in The Philosophy of Santayana, p. 376.

^{page 209 note 2} Ibid., p. 380.

^{page 209 note 3} B. Russell, Human Knowledge, Its Scope and Limits, Part VI.

^{page 209 note 4} Jacques, Maritain, The Degrees of Knowledge, translated by Wall, Bernard and Adamson, Margot R. (New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938) p. 258.Google Scholar

^{page 210 note 1} J. Maritain, The Degrees of Knowledge, pp. 263–4.

^{page 210 note 2} Ibid., p. 249.

^{page 210 note 3} Ibid., p. 258.M

^{page 210 note 4} Ibid., pp. 258–9.

^{page 210 note 5} Ibid., p. 261.

^{page 210 note 6} Ibid., p. 261.

^{page 210 note 7} Ibid., p. 261.

^{page 210 note 8} Ibid., p. 260.

^{page 210 note 9} Ibid., p. 263.

^{page 210 note 10} Ibid., p. 260.

^{page 210 note 11} Ibid., p. 269.

^{page 211 note 1} J. Maritain, The Degrees of Knowledge, p. 276.

^{page 211 note 2} Ibid., pp. 273–5.

^{page 211 note 3} Ibid., p. 273.

^{page 211 note 4} Jaspers, Karl, The Perennial Scope of Philosophy, translated by Manheim, Ralph (New York, Philosophical Library, 1949), p. 13.Google Scholar

^{page 211 note 5} Ibid., p. 25.

^{page 211 note 6} Ibid., pp. 34–5.

^{page 211 note 7} Ibid., p. 17.

^{page 212 note 1} K. Jaspers, The Perennial Scope of Philosophy, p. 13.

^{page 212 note 2} Ibid., pp. 13–14.

^{page 212 note 3} Ibid., p. 14.

^{page 212 note 4} Ibid., p. 25.

^{page 212 note 5} Ibid., p. 14.

^{page 212 note 6} Ibid., p. 15.

^{page 213 note 1} K. Jaspers, The Perennial Scope of Philosophy, p. 25.

^{page 213 note 2} Ibid., pp. 14–17.

^{page 213 note 3} Ibid., p. 27.

^{page 213 note 4} Ibid., pp. 25–6.

^{page 213 note 5} Ibid., p. 28.

^{page 213 note 6} Ibid., p. 36.

^{page 213 note 7} Ibid., p. 26.

^{page 214 note 1} K. Jaspers, The Perennial Scope of Philosophy, p. 27.

^{page 214 note 2} Ibid., p. 28.

^{page 214 note 3} Ibid., p. 31.

^{page 214 note 4} Whitehead, Alfred N., Religion in the Making (New York, Macmillan, 1926), p. 85.Google Scholar

^{page 215 note 1} Kant, Selections, p. 3.

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