The Panentheism of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781-1832): From Transcendental Philosophy to Metaphysics

by Benedikt Paul Göcke

Overview

The book provides the first analysis of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause’s system of philosophy and his panentheism in English. Karl Christian Friedrich Krause has bequeathed to us a system of philosophy which is little recognised in contemporary philosophy. This is both surprising and unfortunate, because Krause’s philosophical system has much to offer: Through transcendental reflection on the nature of the human, Krause understands God as the one infinite and unconditioned reality, and the ultimate necessary condition of knowledge. God makes humanity, nature, and reason ultimately comprehensible as the essential categories of the divine Essence. God is thus the single, primary, object of science that is already logically presupposed even before His discovery. Science presupposes theology, and theology is best read as panentheism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631746899
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	12/19/2018
Series:	Berliner Bibliothek: Religion - Kultur - Wissenschaft , #5
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Benedikt Paul Göcke is a Research Fellow at the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion and a Member of the Faculty of Theology at University of Oxford. He is also a Member of Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, and Professor of Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Religion at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.

Table of Contents

Life of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause – Panentheism of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause – Importance of Krause’s philosophy for recent debates in philosophy, theology and science – Krause and German idealism