invitation to a philosophy talk - NOTE: it will start at 4.30!!

The CEU Philosophy Department cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Jon Stewart (University of Copenhagen) on Kierkegaard and Hegel on Faith and Knowledge NOTE!! 4.30 PM, Tuesday, 11 November, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT One of Kierkegaard’s main objections to Hegel’s philosophy is that it misunderstands the nature of religion by placing it on a par with various forms of scholarship and knowing. Through his pseudonymous authors, Kierkegaard stubbornly insists that faith is fundamentally different from knowledge. How would Hegel respond to Kierkegaard’s objection? I wish to argue that Hegel would find Kierkegaard’s conception of faith to be a pure formalism with no determinate content. For this reason, it cannot be properly designated as Christian faith since it has no content by which it can be distinguished from the faith of other religions. Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu