God as the Ultimate Guarantor of Truth? Regarding the Postulates of God’s Existence According to Hans Jonas and Robert Spaemann Cover Image

Bůh jako poslední garant pravdivosti? K postulátům Boží existence podle Hanse Jonase a Roberta Spaemanna
God as the Ultimate Guarantor of Truth? Regarding the Postulates of God’s Existence According to Hans Jonas and Robert Spaemann

Author(s): Vojtěch Šimek
Subject(s): Epistemology, Contemporary Philosophy, Existentialism, Philosophy of Religion, Ontology
Published by: Teologická fakulta Trnavskej univerzity
Keywords: philosophical theology; continental philosophical theism; postulate of God’s existence; Hans Jonas; Robert Spaemann;

Summary/Abstract: The article responds to the claim that professional philosophers in continental Europe no longer focus on the existence or nature of God. The author shows with the example of two philosophical postulates of God’s existence that this generalisation is not true (or is an exaggeration). These are the postulates of Hans Jonas (1903 – 1993) and Robert Spaemann (1927 – 2018) that in an interesting and representative manner give an insight into the state of continental theism in the late 20th and early 21st century.The specificity of the postulates lies in the proposal of an epistemological solution to the problem of the truth of statements and facts; in Spaemann we also find a proposal for an ontological solution. The author reconstructs, analyses, compares and comments on postulates in the light of selected secondary sources.

  • Issue Year: 11/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 5-16
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Czech