Excellent4.8 out of 5On Trustpilot
  1. Christian Academic Books/
  2. Philosophy

Negative Certainties

by Jean-Luc Marion

  • Hardback
  • 288 pages
  • Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
  • 16.2 x 25.3 x 2.5 cm

£25.11

Save 36% | Free UK Delivery

Available - Usually dispatched within 4 days

Buying for a school or church? Upgrade to a FREE Eden Advance Account

Free delivery on orders over £10

In Negative Certainties, renowned philosopher Jean-Luc Marion challenges some of the most fundamental assumptions we have developed about knowledge: that it is categorical, predicative, and positive. Following Descartes, Kant, and Heidegger, he looks toward our finitude and the limits of our reason. He asks an astonishingly simple-but profoundly provocative-question in order to open up an entirely new way of thinking about knowledge: Isn't our uncertainty, our finitude and rational limitations, one of the few things we can be certain about? Marion shows how the assumption of knowledge as positive demands a reductive epistemology that disregards immeasurable or disorderly phenomena. He shows that we have experiences every day that have no identifiable causes or predictable reasons, and that these constitute a very real knowledge-a knowledge of the limits of what can be known. Establishing this "negative certainty," Marion applies it to four aporias, or issues of certain uncertainty: the definition of man; the nature of God; the unconditionality of the gift; and the unpredictability of events. Translated for the first time into English, Negative Certainties is an invigorating work of epistemological inquiry that will take a central place in Marion's oeuvre.
Negative Certainties and God without Being
God without BeingNegative Certainties

  • Author

    Jean-Luc Marion

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    The University of Chicago Press

  • Published

    September 2015

  • Weight

    542g

  • Page Count

    288

  • Dimensions

    16.2 x 25.3 x 2.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9780226505619

  • ISBN-10

    0226505618

  • Eden Code

    4341554

Over 14,000 churches and schools have upgraded to an Advance Account and we‘d love to welcome you into this free program. We know that church volunteers and school teachers often use their own money, then have claim it back on on an expense form. We can take all of that hassle away by invoicing your church or school directly and delivering your order straight away.

Opening an account is quick and easy, with most accounts being approved and setup within a few hours of filling in the form below (on weekdays, not weekends). As soon as we‘ve approved the application we‘ll send you an email to let you know that its done.

Upgrade to a FREE Eden Advance Account
Write a review
      Ask a question
      Open Doors Ad