Preliminary communication

Fides et ratio - Ten Years Later

Tomislav Ivančić ; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The Encyclical is directed to bishops, theologians and philosophers. Philosophers have a dual problem in regard to the Encyclical: firstly, it insufficiently values the latest philosophical research and secondly, it offers too much power to reason which philosophers consider to be weak. Modern researchers believe that the fundamental reason for the inability of man's reason lies in the incorrectly translated Greek words nous and logos. These are problems that are not encountered in Orthodox theology or Islamic philosophy. Problems emerged in Catholic theology after St. Thomas because the church fathers, as well as St. Thomas, had the correct translation. New research is required in this field. Nevertheless the Encyclical points out the need for interdisciplinary approaches in theology and the need to return to the philosophy of the being and to return to metaphysics not in the sense of restoration but as a new discovery following the results of numerous researches into neurosciences and other scientific fields.

Keywords

Fides et ratio; nous; logos; knowledge; neurosciences

Hrčak ID:

31763

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/31763

Publication date:

17.12.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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