What is it about?
This chapter investigates the rootedness of philosophy in love and contained within this relation of love to wisdom is a certain fidelity. This fidelity is ultimately a fidelity of reason: both a rational fidelity and a faithfulness to the promise of reason. This inner sense of philosophy is shown to be at the core of phenomenology.
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Why is it important?
This article argues for a rethinking of reasoning as an act of loving fidelity. It shows how such a view is at the core of phenomenology. Further, understanding reasoning in this ways allows for a understanding reason as both personal and as rooted in desire.
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It was a pleasure working with the editors of this collection of essays on a very important topic. Love is a central concern to human beings in all aspects of our existence and it was a great opportunity to think further on this topic.
Felix O Murchadha
National University of Ireland - Galway
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This page is a summary of: Phenomenology as Love: Reason and the Promise of Fidelity, February 2025, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/9789004724310_004.
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