Philosophy

Can we be free if there are truths about the future, if there is an omniscient God or if the laws of nature are deterministic? Marco Hausmann pursues these questions by analyzing one of the most influential arguments in the current debate: the consequence argument.

This volume brings together senior and junior scholars from across the globe to revisit the question of myth in the history of philosophy. They explore the structure of mythical symbolism and the problem of the meaning of myth.

Enlightenment theology developed in a wide personal and conceptual diversity. It found its organic center in the theological line of thought referred to as »neology.« Based on this guiding concept, the »Handbook of Neology« outlines the diversity of the theological Enlightenment, including its prerequisites, neighboring schools of thought and effects.

Can we understand words without recognizing the intention with which they are uttered - and if so, is the »Word of God« also such a human speech act? Philipp Sebastian Gmelin puts forward the thesis that human speech only performs its actual function through speech from and to God.