RT Article
T1 Wittgenstein on Faith, Rationality and the Passions
JF Modern theology
VO 27
IS 2
SP 313
OP 324
A1 Mulhall, Stephen 1962-
LA English
YR 2011
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1929871007
AB This short article discusses three erroneous interpretations of Wittgenstein's few remarks on the relation between religion, reason and the passions: (1) that the role he allots to pictures in religious discourse commits him to a certain form of expressivism; (2) that the heart and the intellect are essentially opposed in the context of faith; and (3) (in what is thought to be a Kierkegaardian vein) that the passionate heat of faith stands in simple opposition to the doctrinal chill of wisdom. In each case, these misinterpretations result from a failure to appreciate the depth and consistency of his commitment to a conception of the believing human being in which heart, mind, body and soul are fundamentally integrated.
DO 10.1111/j.1468-0025.2010.01678.x