PhilosophersSøren Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard

Truth is subjectivity: one must take the leap of faith.

Existentialism1813 – 1855 DenmarkChristian believerThinker of existenceCritic of HegelWriter behind pseudonyms

Inspirations

Socrate irony, ignorance, truth to be lived

Pascal faith beyond reason (a common comparison)

Lessingtruth cannot be handed on directly

Hamannfaith against the Enlightenment

Hegel against the System and "mediation"

Heirs

Karl Jaspersexistence, limit situations

Martin Heidegger anxiety, authenticity, without God

Karl BarthGod as "wholly other"

Sartre keeps anxiety and choice, rejects God

Camus refuses the "leap", keeps the absurd

Emmanuel Levinasethics is not the universal

critic

how it is computed

Closest

Charles Hartshorne Philosopher of a God who changes with the world, he revived the modal form of the ontological proof in the 20th century.

John Randolph Lucas Oxford philosopher: in his view, Gödel's theorem shows that a mind is not a machine.

Tertullien Latin-writing Christian author: Christian faith has no need to pass through philosophy.

Viktor Frankl Psychiatrist and camp survivor: we find meaning by giving ourselves to a cause, and happiness comes as a by-product.

Furthest

John Leslie Mackie Evil makes belief in a God both all-powerful and wholly good incoherent.

Michael Martin The arguments for God's existence fail, and there are good reasons not to believe.