A blog on philosophical theology, metaphysics, Lutheran theology, and the intelligibility of being.
Investigations into the intelligibility of being, the grammar of theological language, and the metaphysical ground of truth.
Tuesday, August 05, 2014
A Question
The question that has always interested me is not merely whether God exists and has a determinate contour apart from human awareness, perception, conception and language, but whether or not it is ultimately meaningful to make such a claim. Simply put, what would the truth conditions be of the claim that God exists and has a definite contour apart from awareness, perception, conception and language? That God exists and has a definite contour apart from awareness, perception, conception and language? But what is this? "Not words," you say, "but the reality of that existence and contour apart from awareness, perception, conception and language. . ." But what is that?
When thinking about truth conditions one wants to think about entities, properties, and relations apart from words. But how precisely do we think of such things? How do we think of that which makes true divine existence and contour apart from human awareness, perception, conception and language? What is it precisely that makes true this and does not make true a divine existence and contour that is, but is not apart from human awareness, perception, conception and language?
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