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Combining rigor and originality, Ricoeur's Fallible Man locates the possibility of evil in a self that is fundamentally in conflict with itself. The contributors to this volume shed light on an impressive range of themes from the most accessible of Ricoeur's early writings that resonate with contemporary debates in philosophy and religion.
List of contents
Introduction: The Kantian Architecture of Fallible Man
Scott Davidson
PART I: HISTORICAL INFLUENCES
1 Imagination and Religion: The Myth of Innocence in Fallible Man
Daniel Frey
2 Karl Jaspers: The Clarification of Existence
Jérôme Porée
3 Reflection, the Body, and Fallibility:
The Mysterious Influence of Marcel in Ricoeur's Fallible Man
Brian Gregor
4 The Limitation of the Ethical Vision of the World: The Influence of Jean Nabert
Scott Davidson
PART II: THEMATIC AVENUES
5 The Imagination from Ideation to Innocence
Luz Ascárate
6 "Making Sense of (Moral) Things": Fallible Man in Relation to Enactivism
Geoffrey Dierckxsens
7 The Self is Embodied and Discursive:
Tracing the Phenomenological Background of Ricoeur's Narrative Identity
Annemie Halsema
8 From Fallibility to Fragility: How the Theory of Narrative Transformed the Notion of Character of Fallible Man
Pol Vandevelde
9 The Quest of Recognizing One's Self
Timo Helenius
10 Finitude, Culpability and Suffering: The Question of Evil in Ricoeur
Jean-Luc Amalric
Index
About the Contributors
About the author
Scott Davidson is professor of philosophy at West Virginia University.
Summary
Combining rigor and originality, Ricoeur's Fallible Man locates the possibility of evil in a self that is fundamentally in conflict with itself. The contributors to this volume shed light on an impressive range of themes from the most accessible of Ricoeur’s early writings that resonate with contemporary debates in philosophy and religion.
