H2020Индивидуална стипендия2019–2022

Transcendence · The Nature of Transcendence

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2019-10-01 → 2022-09-18
Финансиране от ЕС: 224 934 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF

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Накратко на български

Трансцендентността се изследва чрез когнитивната наука за религията, за да се види как научните данни променят философските и теологичните представи за надсевياته. Обединяването на науката с хуманитарните науки помага за по-цялостно разбиране на реалността и човешкото съществуване.

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Резултати накратко

The Nature of Transcendence

Transcendence is central to theology and philosophy. For centuries its investigation was a subject of speculative reflections. Today, it has become the subjects of scientific empirical research with results that challenge traditional understanding. Because of its fundamental role in philosophy and theology, it is urgent to ask whether it is affected by scientific investigation. A scientific discipline which can contribute to this question is the Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR). CSR’s models have the potential to modify our understanding of transcendence. This project contributes to connecting science and humanities. This is important because the scientific perspective is only one of many perspectives to understand reality. Science can analyse data but not interpret traditions and ideas in new contexts. However, imagination and creativity are fundamental to being human, to the shared lives in a community, and therefore the well-being of society. The combination of the scientific perspective and other ways to understand reality, such as theology and philosophy, can enable a comprehensive understanding. The project employs an experimental and innovative approach: It does not reject CSR on the basis of its transgressions but aims to take seriously its legitimate results and to answer the resulting questions. It will consider the chances of CSR for an enhanced theological understanding. And it will connect CSR's challenges with traditional models in order to find new perspectives and answers.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Transcendence is one of the fundamentals of philosophy and theology. For centuries its investigation as a non-material phenomenon was an exclusive subject of speculative and theoretical reflections. Today, such phenomena have become the subjects of scientific empirical research with results that challenge traditional understanding. Because of the fundamental role of transcendence in philosophy and theology, it is urgent to ask whether it too is affected by scientific investigation. A scientific discipline which is able to contribute to this question is the Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR) because it employs the concept of ‘supernatural’ which is very close to the concept of transcendence. CSR has produced considerable results which have a high potential to call into question traditional models of transcendence. And yet, it is rarely taken into account particularly by theology. There are only very few works which try to understand CSR’s impact, especially on classical theism. But they focus on CSR’s methodology and methodological transgressions and do not ask what impact CSR’s legitimate research may have on theological and philosophical topics. Although it is clear that scientific research cannot contribute to the question of the existence of a transcendent or divine reality, CSR’s models do have the potential to modify our understanding of the immanent side of transcendence: the prevalent human belief in transcendence (natural theology) and the importance of transcendence for being human. This project will be an essential contribution to connect science and the humanities. It employs an experimental and innovative approach: It does not reject CSR on the basis of its transgressions but aims to take seriously its legitimate results and to answer the resulting questions. It will consider the chances of CSR for an enhanced theological understanding. And it will connect CSR's challenges with traditional models in order to find new perspectives and answers.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

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