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involutionn t1_iw42k11 wrote

Reply to comment by DarkMarxSoul in A cross between an Existentialist and an Old Testament prophet, Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard urged his "single individual" reader to follow the "highest passion" of faith rather than becoming one of the stereotyped pseudo-individuals of "The Crowd" by thelivingphilosophy

Faith is practically the opposite of speculative reason, are you aware of what speculative reason actually means? It’s not what you might colloquially infer, if that’s what your argument. Either way I would probably consider his argument before casting judgement.

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DarkMarxSoul t1_iw43ehw wrote

Faith is being presented with a thing and then deciding what it is based on no evidence. It's literally nothing but speculation.

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involutionn t1_iw4apf8 wrote

Yeah, you’re misinterpreting his argument. Speculative reason as in objective reason (Descartes, hegel). I don’t know what the etymology behind that is but it’s not equivalent to colloquial speculation.

Again, I’d read his argument before judging prematurely. His whole point is faith in god shouldn’t be “based on evidence” so you’re not in disagreement.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculative_reason

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