Volume 72 (2017), 3

The paper deals with an attractive distinction between two kinds of Christian phi- losophy according to Winfried Löffler, who claims that: i) there are two basic (irreducible to each other) kinds of Christian philosophy, namely Augustinian and Thomistic; ii) Thomistic is more preferable, because it is immune to questionable blending philosophy and theology. The… Read more

In her article Athens and Jerusalem: The Relationship of Philosophy and Theology, Eleonore Stump answers the question of the relationship between philosophy and theology via considering both disciplines doctrinally. Stump sees the difference between them mainly in their goals. Philosophy seeks to build a body of knowledge characterized in terms of abstract… Read more

The idea of homo interior (inner man) was widespread in the ancient world. The term “ό έσω άνθρωπος” was first used in an invariant form by Plato to describe the inner nature of man, his highest rational capabilities. This was afterwards accepted and transformed by various authors, especially by Hellenistic Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria, and Greek Church… Read more

The paper deals with the nature of religious knowledge, in particular the legitimacy of cognitive statements in religion. I suggest that neither science is as objective, nor religion as subjective as logical positivists use to argue. The starting point of my argument is Kuhn’s paradigmatic approach and Lakatos’s methodology of scientific research programs. These… Read more

I intend to show how, in Ricoeur’s work, the idea of Justice plays a central role in the semantical displacements concerning theological, political, anthropological, ethical and metaphysical discourses. In order to fulfill this task, I will examine closely the bond between Justice and Law, Justice being an operational concept that is effective only in the writing… Read more

The paper deals with the history of Christian philosophy and its two main versions, Thomistic and Augustinian, as well as the criteria of the rationality of a worldview. The comparison of the two versions of Christian philosophy enables us to argue that the Thomistic version of Christian philosophy is more conductive to the dialogue with other worldviews than its… Read more