Rituals and Algorithms: Genealogy of Reflective Faith and Postmetaphysical Thinking
What happens when mindless symbols of algorithmic AI encounter mindful performative rituals? I return to my criticisms of Habermas' secularising reading of Kierkegaard's ethics. Next, I lay out Habermas' claim that the sacred complex of ritual and myth contains the ur-origins of postm...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2019]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 11, Issue: 4, Pages: 163-184 |
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Habermas, Jürgen 1929-
/ Religion
/ Ritual
/ Reflection (Philosophy)
/ Artificial intelligence
/ Algorithms
/ Habermas, Jürgen 1929-, Nachmetaphysisches Denken
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism VA Philosophy |
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| Summary: | What happens when mindless symbols of algorithmic AI encounter mindful performative rituals? I return to my criticisms of Habermas' secularising reading of Kierkegaard's ethics. Next, I lay out Habermas' claim that the sacred complex of ritual and myth contains the ur-origins of postmetaphysical thinking and reflective faith. If reflective faith shares with ritual same origins as does communicative interaction, how do we access these archaic ritual sources of human solidarity in the age of AI? |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v11i4.3039 |