Review article
https://doi.org/10.34075/cs.55.1.5
Balić's Approach
Dario Škarica
orcid.org/0000-0002-6788-2242
; Faculty of Philosophy, University of Split, Split, Croatia
Abstract
The main aim of this paper is to provide an integrated exposition of Balić's neo-scholastic approach. Various statements pertinent to the approach, mostly isolated from one another and scattered through Balić's works towards the very middle of the 20th century, were studied to serve as a basis for the exposition. As a result, three main features of Balić's approach were identified: firstly, the historical-critical method (explicitly preferred to the speculative approach); secondly, a sturdy adherence to Roman Catholic dogma as a norm for evaluating philosophical systems; and, thirdly, the insistent endorsement of the principle of intellectual freedom and openness to various scholastic systems as well as to modern philosophy and science (restricted only by dogma). In addition, this paper introduces some new arguments for the influence of Louvainneo-scholasticism on the formation of Balić's approach.
Keywords
Karlo Balić; historical-critical approach; integral scholasticism; Louainneo-scholasticism
Hrčak ID:
236171
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Publication date:
26.3.2020.
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