Phenomenology of Immanence. Doxography on the “Idea of God” (Descartes, Kant, Schelling, Levinas)
Religions August 19, 2022 Paul Slama
Modern metaphysics is the history of making transcendence immanent, a process visible in the concept of the 'idea of god.' This idea violently separates subjectivity from transcendence, creating a 'psycho-theological' tear: the divine leaves a trace in us through its very distance. The argument is traced through four archives: Descartes' third Meditation, Kant's refutation of the cosmological proof in the Critique of Pure Reason, Schelling's commentary on Kant, and Levinas' work.