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- Title
Theosemiosis: An essay on consilience and the perennial philosophy.
- Authors
Kalkman, Matthew L.
- Abstract
Can the divide between science and religion be bridged? The current article will present the case for semiotics - and specifically the process of theosemiosis - as that platform of connection. In order to present this argument a key issue that must be tackled is whether there is one underlying function within the category of religion that can be extracted and held accountable in its knowledge claims: what has generally been termed the perennial philosophy. This extracted principle must then be capable of conforming to a broader model of consilience that can contain the knowledge captured in both science and religion. A model that can equally explain the work of Aristotle, Bacon, Galilee, and Einstein as it does Moses, Buddha, Jesus and Krishna, both in an ontological and epistemological sense; and thus a modification and extension of Enlightenment principles in such a way that they can capture the western and eastern notions of that light. In this regard, seeing truly is 'knowing'.
- Subjects
SEMIOTICS; PHILOSOPHY; RELIGION &; science; THEORY of knowledge; LOGIC
- Publication
Sign Systems Studies, 2023, Vol 51, Issue 2, p398
- ISSN
1406-4243
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12697/SSS.2023.51.2.10