Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Yadollah Rostami
• Soham Mokhles

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

In this article, we examine and evaluate Wittgenstein's theory of fideism. It will be said that Wittgenstein's fideism is based on the fact that faith is compatible with the absence of reason, that is, a person can have no reason but have faith. In other words, there is a kind of precedence of faith over reason and reasoning. In Wittgenstein's fideism, the argument is that faith must come first so that man can reason. With the design of language games, he says that believing is a special and practical language game that takes place in the context of religious life. Also, in his opinion, believers have religious images in their background that make their religious life possible. Of course, this image is the result of work and activity, not reasoning.

Keywords

• Fideism
• Faith
• Reasoning
• God
• Wittgenstein

Main Subjects

• Western Philosophy