Spadkobierczyni religii
The Heir to Religion

Selected Problems of Philosophical Approximations of Hope

Author(s): Robert Grzywacz
Subject(s): Philosophy, Phenomenology, Hermeneutics
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: hope; religion; moral enhancement; radical hope; scientific worldview; Immanuel Kant
Summary/Abstract: The study deals with the philosophical problem of hope in an aspect that is determined by the issue of so-called radical hope. The latter perspective signifies hope as the heir to expectations previously associated with religion, and thus also as its substitute equivalent in line with the scientific worldview. The article shows several different dimensions of the problematic nature of such a substitution. To this end, it starts with a concise recall of some achievements of Polish philosophical inquiries devoted to hope, and broadens the scope of the presentation to include selected foreign approaches, in particular those referring to considerations made in the spirit of Kant. Ultimately, certain pragmatic and formal observations that can be made in the context of the summarised views seem to raise important doubts about the satisfactory character of the concept of radical hope.

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