In: Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie, 58 (2016), Nr. 4. pp. 473-488. ISSN 1612-9520 (Online-Ausg.), 0028-3517 (Druck-Ausg.)
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Abstract
In this paper, I discuss Meister Eckhart’s approach to natural theology and specifically to the question of God’s existence. I argue that, according to the Eckhartian position, God’s existence is not to be regarded as the result of an (a posteriori or a priori) inference, but as metaphysical self-evidence. This noninferential conception, based on a fundamental unity between natural theology and general metaphysics, constitutes an alternative to the standard Avicennian paradigm that lies at the heart of most of the natural-theological projects of the scholastic tradition.
Document type: | Article |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie |
Volume: | 58 |
Number: | 4 |
Publisher: | De Gruyter |
Place of Publication: | Berlin |
Date Deposited: | 10 Jan 2020 10:36 |
Date: | 2016 |
ISSN: | 1612-9520 (Online-Ausg.), 0028-3517 (Druck-Ausg.) |
Page Range: | pp. 473-488 |
Faculties / Institutes: | Philosophische Fakultät > Philosophisches Seminar |
DDC-classification: | 100 Philosophy 230 Christian theology |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Natürliche Theologie, Metaphysik, Mittelalterliche Philosophie, Meister Eckhart |
Additional Information: | Dieser Beitrag ist aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich. This publication is freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively. |