Epistemological Aspects of Dialogue: Some Kierkegaardian Perspectives

This article explores the epistemological aspects of dialogue through an engagement with the Danish existence thinker, Søren Kierkegaard. I argue that dialogue plays an integral role in the epistemic process tentatively sketched by Kierkegaard. To show this, I start by examining Kierkegaard’s critic...

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Main Author: Li, Elizabeth X. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2022
In: Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 6
Further subjects:B existential thought
B Dialogue
B I and You
B dialogical aporia
B epistemic process
B Kierkegaard
B second-person perspective
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