Considers the relevance of negative theology and apophatic thinking in today's society

Offers insights that are relevant for continental philosophy, theology, comparative literature, metaphysics, and intercultural philosophy

Provides historical contextualization of thinking from Ancient Platonic and Neo-Platonic debates to the 19th century

Autorentext
Nahum Brown is a visiting Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

J. Aaron Simmons is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Furman University, USA

Zusammenfassung

In this volume, scholars draw deeply on negative theology in order to consider some of the oldest questions in the philosophy of religion that stand as persistent challenges to inquiry, comprehension, and expression. The chapters engage different philosophical methodologies, cross disciplinary boundaries, and draw on varied cultural traditions in the effort to demonstrate that apophaticism can be a positive resource for contemporary philosophy of religion.

Inhalt

1. Introduction; J. Aaron Simmons. - Part I. A Philosophy of the Unsayable.- 2. A Philosophy of the Unsayable; Kevin Hart.- 3.Speaking About Silence (Sort of); Aaron Simmons.- 4. William Franke and the Unfinished Philosophical Revolution of the West; William C. Hackett.- 5. To Be and Not To Know, That is the Question; Sai Bhatawadekar.- 6. Is There a Logic of the Ineffable?; Stephen Palmquist.- 7. Betwixt and Amidst; William Franke.- Part II. Thinking the Apophatic.- 8. Is Hegel an Apophatic Thinker?; Nahum Brown.- 9. Hegel and the Negation of the Apophatic; Andrew W. Hass.- 10. Infinite Reduplication; Peter Kline.- 11. Heidegger's Apophaticism; Elliot R. Wolfson.- 12. The Apophatic Trace of Derrida and Zhuangzi; Lissa McCullough.- 13. The Irenic Ironic Unsayable; by David Chai.- 14. Apophatic Universalism East and West; William Franke.- Part III. The Vanishing Point of the Apophatic in Poetry and Literature.- 15. Apophasis as a Means of Expressing EcologicalIndeterminacy; Sabine Lenore Müller.- 16. The Astonishing Silence of Things;Bruno Béu.- 17. Unspeakable Trash; Anthony Curtis Adler.- 18. Conclusion.- Index.