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Original Articles

Kierkegaard and indirect communication

Pages 31-40 | Published online: 03 Jan 2012

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  • ‘eine Mitteilung des Bewußtseins überhaupt’.
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  • See my article, ‘An Analytical Interpretation of Kierkegaard as Moral Philosopher’, to be published in Kierkegaard Conferences, Vol. II, Kierkegaard at Sunderland: International Conference on Søren Kierkegaard held at Sunderland Polytechnic, England 7–9 July 1986, C.A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
  • Cortese , A. and Thulstrup , N. , eds. 1982 . “ Gibt es Dinge, die sich nicht mitteilen lassen? Kierkegaard und die Nicht-Mitteilbarkeits-These ” . In Liber Academiœ Kierkegaardiensis 79 As Anton Hügli correctly states it in a splendid essay Tom. II–IV København/Milano
  • Morris , Charles . 1971 . Writings on the General Theory of Signs , : 43 The Hague/Paris
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  • Swedish: ‘honnörsterm’.
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  • Thulstrup , Niels , ed. 1968–1970 . Søren Kierkegaards Papirer Vol. VIII-2 , 141 – 190 . B 79–89 In what follows I use the abbreviation ‘Pap.’ for this edition of Kierkegaard's Journals.
  • Søren Kierkegaard, SV., Vol. 12, pp. 115–134.
  • Kierkegaard , Søren . 1972 . Training in Christianity , : 132 – 133 . 3rd edition Danish original in: SV., Vol. 12, p. 124: “Den indirecte Meddelelse kan være en Meddelelsens Kunst i at fordoble Meddelelsen. Kunsten bestaar saa netop i, at gjøre sig selv, Meddeleren, til Ingen, reent objectiv, og saa uafbrudt at sætte qvalitative Modsætninger i Eenhed. Dette er hvad nogle Pseudonymer pleie at kalde Meddelelsens Dobbelt-Reflexion. Det er f.Ex. indirecte Meddelelse: at sætte Spøg og Alvor saaledes sammen, at Sammensætningen er en dialektisk Knude-og saa selv at være Ingen. Vil Nogen have med den Art Meddelelse at, gjøre, maa han selv ved sig selv løse Knuden. Eller, at bringe Forsvar og Angreb i Eenhed saaledes, at Ingen ligefrem kan sige, om man angriber eller forsvarer, saa den ivrigste Tilhænger af Sagen og den arrigste Fjende, begge kan synes at se en Allieret i En—og saa selv at være Ingen, en Fraværende, et objectivt Noget, intet personligt Menneske.'
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  • Austin , John Langshaw . 1982 . How to Do Things with Words , : 94 – 108 . 7th edition
  • Kierkegaard , Søren . 1972 . Training in Christianity , : 140 translated by W. Lowrie Princeton SV., Vol. 12, p. 130: ‘…den ligefremme Meddelelse… beder og besværger ham, den lægger ham Sagens Vigtighed ret paa Hjerte, formaner, truer o.s.v.’.
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  • Søren Kierkegaard, Pap. VIII-2, B 83, p. 158; B 89, p. 188.
  • Søren Kierkegaard, Pap. VIII-2, B 81, p. 149.
  • Pojman , Louis P. 1984 . The Logic of Subjectivity , : 68 Alabama It is not quite clear what Kierkegaard means by saying that we ‘know’ the content of ethical rules. Louis Pojman interprets this knowledge as an epistemic state, in which we, by means of passionate subjectivity, have an intuition of the existence of God and of the content of ethical rules.
  • Pojman , Louis P. 1984 . The Logic of Subjectivity , : 80 Alabama It is not quite clear what Kierkegaard means by saying that we ‘know’ the content of ethical rules. Louis Pojman interprets this knowledge as an epistemic state, in which we, by means of passionate subjectivity, have an intuition of the existence of God and of the content of ethical rules.
  • Pojman , Louis P. 1984 . The Logic of Subjectivity , : 102 Alabama It is not quite clear what Kierkegaard means by saying that we ‘know’ the content of ethical rules. Louis Pojman interprets this knowledge as an epistemic state, in which we, by means of passionate subjectivity, have an intuition of the existence of God and of the content of ethical rules.
  • Pojman , Louis P. 1984 . The Logic of Subjectivity , : 115 Alabama It is not quite clear what Kierkegaard means by saying that we ‘know’ the content of ethical rules. Louis Pojman interprets this knowledge as an epistemic state, in which we, by means of passionate subjectivity, have an intuition of the existence of God and of the content of ethical rules.
  • Pojman , Louis P. 1984 . The Logic of Subjectivity , : 132 Alabama It is not quite clear what Kierkegaard means by saying that we ‘know’ the content of ethical rules. Louis Pojman interprets this knowledge as an epistemic state, in which we, by means of passionate subjectivity, have an intuition of the existence of God and of the content of ethical rules.
  • Against this interpretation I suggest that we read ‘know’ as understand. That is, every man has an understanding of ethical and religious language, but man may still be in doubt, as to whether the assertions of this language are true or not. Man will never get to know this in the strict sense of ‘knowing’. Instead man must either believe and obey what he understands to be his duty—or abandon accepting what he understands. But whether or not Louis Pojman's or my interpretation is correct, a semantic level of ethical speech is given.
  • Søren Kierkegaard, Pap. VIII-2, B 82, pp. 156–157.
  • compare pp. 159 and 167.
  • Compare note 28.
  • Søren Kierkegaard, SV., vol. 7, pp. 58–59: ‘Meddelelsens Form er noget Andet end Meddelelsens Udtryk. Naar Tanken har faaet sit rette Udtryk i Ordet, hvilket naaes ved den første Reflexion, saa kommer den anden Reflexion, der betræffer Meddelelsens eget Forhold til Meddeleren og gjengiver den existerende Meddelers eget Forhold til Ideen.’
  • Compare note 38.
  • Søren Kierkegaard, SV., vol. 7, p. 60: ‘…, og dens første Form er netop det Underfundige, at Subjectiviteterne maa holdes gudeligt ud fra hinanden, og ikke løbe skjørnende sammen i Objectivitet.’
  • Søren Kierkegaard, Pap., vol. IX, A 234, p. 131.
  • Compare note 28.
  • 1971 . Kierkegaard: A Kind of Poet I therefore disagree with, e.g., Louis Mackey's interpretation in his Philadelphia
  • Kierkegaard , Søren . 1972 . Training in Christianity , : 133 – 134 . 3rd edition Danish original in: SV., Vol. 12, p. 125: ‘Men den indirecte Meddelelse kan ogsaa fremkomme paa en anden Maade, ved Forholdet mellem Meddelelsen og Meddeleren; her er altsaa Meddeleren med, medens han i første Tilfælde var udeladt, dog vel at mærke ved en negativ Reflection. … Naar en siger ligefrem: jeg er Gud, Faderen og jeg ere Eet, saa er det ligefrem Meddelelse. Men naar nu Den, der siger det, Meddeleren, er det enkelte Menneske, et enkelt Menneske ganske som andre, saa er denne Meddelelse ikke just ganske ligefrem; thi det er ikke just ganske ligefrem, at et enkelt Menneske skulde være Gud—medens det han siger er ganske ligefremt. Meddelelsen indeholder ved Meddeleren en Modsigelse, den bliver indirecte Meddelelse, den sætter dig et Valg: om du vil troe ham eller ikke.’

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