Fact, Language, and Hermeneutic: an Interdisciplinary Exploration

The contentions of this essay are three. Our first thesis is that both contemporary philosophical and theological thought stand at an impasse. In philosophy the empiricists emphasise the significance of factual meaning to the exclusion of valuational meaning, while the existentialists stress the imp...

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Authors: Batey, Richard (Author) ; Gill, Jerry H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1970
In: Scottish journal of theology
Year: 1970, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 13-26
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Summary:The contentions of this essay are three. Our first thesis is that both contemporary philosophical and theological thought stand at an impasse. In philosophy the empiricists emphasise the significance of factual meaning to the exclusion of valuational meaning, while the existentialists stress the importance of valuational meaning to the exclusion of the factual. In theology the conservatives and liberals are united in stressing the historical (Historie) significance of Jesus so as almost to ignore his existential (Geschichte) significance, while the Bultmannians focus on the existential significance of Jesus and minimise the need for factual knowledge.
ISSN:1475-3065
Contains:Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0036930600021037