{"product_id":"the-reflexive-method-applied-to-paul-ricoeur-9781531512613","title":"The Reflexive Method Applied to the Problem of God in Lachelier and Lagneau","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engaging and thought-provoking translation of Paul Ricoeur's earliest work that is essential for understanding his philosophical development \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Reflexive Method Applied to the Problem of God in Lachelier and Lagneau\u003c\/i\u003e, now held in the Ricoeur Archive in Paris, was a qualifying thesis Ricoeur wrote at the age of twenty-one when he was just beginning his advanced university studies. In it he examines the use of the reflexive method by two important French philosophers from the nineteenth century, Jules Lachelier and Jules Lagneau. They both sought to develop an \"integral metaphysics\" that recognizes God as the principle underlying pure, impersonal thought and practical reason, and that requires a kind of philosophical faith. In his conclusion, Ricoeur criticizes their doctrine of God and philosophy of immanence for not being able to deal with the question of transcendence and for its failure to address concrete human existence, yet he concedes that it may be seen as a first truce in \"the internecine war\" between faith and reason. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite this criticism, Ricoeur later maintained that his own philosophy does stand \"in the line of a \u003ci\u003ereflexive \u003c\/i\u003ephilosophy\" while remaining \"within the sphere of Husserlian \u003ci\u003ephenomenology\u003c\/i\u003e\" and striving to be \"a \u003ci\u003ehermeneutical \u003c\/i\u003evariation of this phenomenology.\" He also continued to address the question of faith and reason in works like \u003ci\u003eFiguring the Sacred \u003c\/i\u003eand (with André LaCocque) \u003ci\u003eThinking Biblically\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in many other essays. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Reflexive Method Applied to the Problem of God in Lachelier and Lagneau \u003c\/i\u003eis necessary reading for anyone doing serious work on and with Ricoeur's philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Ricoeur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1531512615\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531512613\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Paul Ricoeur","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47136471253247,"sku":"9781531512613","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_28dd1265-9363-4256-8611-4cb15ba5c2a1.jpg?v=1755023444","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-reflexive-method-applied-to-paul-ricoeur-9781531512613","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}