Newman and Gadamer: Toward a Hermeneutics of Religious Knowledge

by Thomas K. Carr

2021-01-20 01:57:28

Thomas K. Carr examines the religious epistemology of John Henry Newman alongside the philosophical hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer. The two writers are found to cover a surprising amount of common ground: They make similar claims, and they fa... Read more
Thomas K. Carr examines the religious epistemology of John Henry Newman alongside the philosophical hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer. The two writers are found to cover a surprising amount of common ground: They make similar claims, and they fall into similar errors. A critical examination of four of Newman's leading ideas — first principles, antecedent probability, doctrinal development, and the illative sense — are compared with such Gadamerian themes as self-understanding, Bildung, projection, tradition, and the fusion of horizons. Carr concludes with a constructive proposal that applies a Newman-Gadamer synthesis to questions about knowledge of God. Less

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ISBN9780788503047
Thomas K. Carr is founder and general partner of Carr Capital Management and hedge fund manager of the Befriend the Trend Fund. His seminars and manuals have helped thousands of traders around the wor...

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