Transcendental theology
"Transcendental theology" (Template:Langx) is a term invented by Immanuel Kant to describe a method of discerning theological concepts.[1] Kant divided transcendental theology into "ontotheology" and cosmotheology, both of which he also invented, "in order to distinguish between two competing types of 'transcendental theology'".[2]
Kant defined the relationship between ontotheology and cosmotheology as follows:
"Transcendental theology aims either at inferring the existence of a Supreme Being from a general experience, without any closer reference to the world to which this experience belongs, and in this case it is called cosmotheology; or it endeavours to cognize the existence of such a being, through mere conceptions, without the aid of experience, and is then termed ontotheology."[1]
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- ↑ a b Kant, Immanuel, Critique of Pure Reason (1855), Ch. III, Section VII: Critique of all Theology based upon Speculative Principles of Reason.
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- ↑ For details, see Stephen Palmquist, "Kant's Perspectival Foundation for Critical Theology", Part Two of Kant's Critical Religion (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000).
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