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Should we Dispense with the Idea of Personhood? The Impoverishment of Philosophical-Theological Language

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: «Who is a person?» is a question with moral, theological and even legal consequences, but it seems now apparently entangled in intractable puzzles; therefore, it has become frequent to suggest that we should entirely dispense with the idea of «personhood». This essay argues that the notions of «person», and rational «nature» which are essential in theological exploration, cannot be easily discarded from the philosophical vocabulary either. The paper argues that the preferred route of access should preserve the noetic heterogeneity of beings, because it is the current «scientistic» straitjacket that has made very articulation of the question fruitless and impoverished.

Source: Scripta Theologica

DOI: 10.15581/006.53.2.273-304

Authors: José-A. Colen, Anthony Vecchio

Institutions: Centro de Ética Política e Sociedade, University of Minho, The University of Texas at Arlington

Language: English

Topic: Karl Barth and Christian Theology

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3169620269

FWCI: 0.934

Cites: 59

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10