Praying for Understanding
Reading Anselm Through Wittgenstein 1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20459472 |
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| Authors | Brad J Kallenberg (University of Dayton, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 527-546 |
| Publication date | 2004-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-7177 • E-ISSN: 1468-0025 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0025.2004.00266.x |
| OpenAlex | W2135718954 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
If Wittgenstein is correct to assert that practice gives words their sense, then it is logically possible that an understanding of the ontological “argument” Anselm presents in Proslogion requires some level of practical participation in prayer. A close inspection of Anselm's historical context shows that the conceptual distance we stand from him may be too great to be overcome by mere spectatorship. Rather, participation in this case likely requires of the modern reader a reproduction of Anselm's conduct in prayer. If so, Anselm's case falsifies, and thus warrants our resistance of, the commonly presumed disconnect between knowledge and practice
Epistemology · Linguistics · Ontological argument · Philosophy of religion · Prayer · Theology · History · Medicine · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Religion, Theology, and Education · Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications
| Highly cited | No |
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