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
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