CZARNOCKA’S CONCEPTION OF SYMBOLIC TRUTH.
A MODEL OF EXPLANATION
CZARNOCKA’S CONCEPTION OF SYMBOLIC TRUTH.
A MODEL OF EXPLANATION
Author(s): Michael H. MitiasSubject(s): Social Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk i Fundacja Filozofia na Rzecz Dialogu
Keywords: cognitive object; cognitive subject; explanation; transcendent; human nature; symbol; human values; cosmic process
Summary/Abstract: The proposition I elucidates and defend in this paper is that the Transcendent can bean object of genuine knowledge and that the knowledge the philosophical mystic claimsof it is symbolic in nature. In my endeavor to achieve this aim I rely on MałgorzataCzarnocka’s conception of symbolic truth as a model of explanation. I am inclined tothink that, as a model of explanation, this conception sheds ample light on the possibility of having a cognitive experience of the Transcendent. The paper is composed of fourparts. The first part raises the question of the Transcendent as an object of knowledge.The second part advances a brief analysis of the main elements of Czarnozka’s conception of symbolic truth with special emphasis on her view of human nature. The thirdpart explicates the sense in which the conception of symbolic truth functions as a modelof explanation. The fourth part analyzes the conditions under which the Transcendentcan be an object of knowledge.
Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 189-216
- Page Count: 28
- Language: English
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