Metaphysics As Christology: An Odyssey Of The Self From Kant And Hegel To Steiner (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology, and Biblical Studies) ... in Religion, Theology, and Biblical Studies)

In Metaphysics as Christology, Jonael Schickler presents a major contribution to both philosophy and theology. First he examines the key philosophical problems with which Kant and Hegel grappled, and finds in the work of Rudolf Steiner the essence of a solution to them; he claims that Steiner returned to Hegel's philosophical problems but was better able to solve them. Schickler uses these philosophical debates about knowledge and truth to understand the significance of Christ. Building on the work of Hegel, Schickler argues that Christ has made possible the developments in human consciousness that restore humanity's relationship to the surrounding world. This is a bold and rigorous work that opens up new directions in both philosophy and theology. Fraser Watts contributes the Foreword and George Pattison an extensive Preface. Introduction: an odyssey of the self Kant's faculties and the 'I think' The faculties of cognition The transcendental unity of apperception The esoteric Kant From Kant to Hegel Kant and Hegel's phenomenology of it Hegel's logic and the self What is hegelian logic? The self in Hegel's logic Concept, judgement and syllogism Logic and ontology in the logic of the concept Mechanism Chemism Teleology The idea and the loss of the absolute Life Cognition The absolute idea Soul between body and spirit in Hegel The natural soul The feeling soul The actual soul From Kant and Hegel to Steiner Excursus : the self in Nietzsche's thus spoke Zarathustra Steiner's spiritual vision of the self A. epistemology B. cognitive faculties and extended ontology C. christology Conclusion: metaphysics as christology. Using philosophical debates about knowledge and truth, the author seeks to understand the significance of Christ. Building on the work of Hegel, he argues that Christ has made possible the developments in human consciousness that restore humanity's relationship to the surrounding world