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BONIFACIJ KEDROV I MARITAINOVA FILOZOFIJA ZNANOSTI
BONIFATIJ KEDROV AND MARITAIN’S PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Author(s): Ivan Zelić
Contributor(s): Kevin Sullivan (Translator)
Subject(s): Metaphysics, Special Branches of Philosophy, Theology and Religion, Philosophy of Science
Published by: Katolički bogoslovni fakultet
Keywords: Maritain; B. M. Kedrov; philosophy of science; Thomism; dialectical materialism; Russian philosophy;

Summary/Abstract: In this article the author analyzes Kedrov’s exposition and criticism of Maritain's philosophy of science. In the first part he outlines Kedrov’s life and work. In the second part he presents Kedrov’s exposition of Maritain’s philosophy of science and Kedrov’s critical remarks on thatphilosophy. In the third part, which is the longest and the most important, he analyzes the soundness of the arguments in Kedrov’s criticism of Mantam. The author shows that Kedrov had the intention of making affair and objective presentation of Maritain’s views. Kedrov is nevertheless wrong in his criticism because he did not properly understand some of the central theses of Maritain’s philosophy. These include in particular Maritain’s cognitive realism, the nature of his metaphysics and natural theology and his views on the relationship of science and philosophy with faith.

  • Issue Year: 1/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 5-28
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Croatian