The Split in the Western Intellectual Tradition: the Controversy Over Knowing and What Can Be Known

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  • Leon Miller

Abstract

The Western intellectual tradition split over issues concerning the role of reason in revealing the nature of Being and the role of knowledge in contributing to integral being. Throughout human history this had traditionally been the concern of religion. In spite of a shift away from religion and greater confidence in an empirical approach to ultimate questions, the problem remains. Kant attempted to resolve the issue but was unsuccessful. The unresolved controversy subsequently led to the “Continental Divide” (which became a crisis for Western Civilization). This article analyzes the issue and points out why complementarity has been successful in reconciling the controversy.

Author Biography

Leon Miller

Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2014): January - June 2014

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