TY - JOUR
TI - Ontological and Epistemological Function of Mythical-Religious Consciousness in the Philosophy of Ernst Cassirer and Mircea Eliade
AU - Kalinowski, Jan Jakub
TI - Ontological and Epistemological Function of Mythical-Religious Consciousness in the Philosophy of Ernst Cassirer and Mircea Eliade
AB - The aim of this article is to present the concept of mythical-religious consciousness and present its ontological and epistemological significance through the meaning-giving aspect of myth and the category of the sacred as demonstrated by Ernst Cassirer and Mircea Eliade. Regardless of the significant differences in the understanding of myth and religion of both thinkers, we shall try to present the common ground, which we believe they have shared within the bounds of their antireductionist and anti-Cartesian attitudes towards the subject of myth. We shall supplement this perspective with the hermeneutical philosophy of Paul Ricoeur (and others) to make this more coherent within the broader field of anthropology. In doing so, we hope to establish a synthetic perspective for such study, rather than relying on analysis and criticism alone. As such, this will be a trans-disciplinary study of literary sources on the intersections of ontology, epistemology, linguistics, psychology, sociology and religious studies, which exposes itself for a critique of oversimplification from all the disciplines listed. Finally, we shall also attempt to make this study more relevant by reference to the ongoing research in 4E cognition.
VL - Ahead of print
IS - Volume 57, Issue 1
SN - 0137-2432
C1 - 2084-4077
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-religiologica/article/ontological-and-epistemological-function-of-mythical-religious-consciousness-in-the-philosophy-of-ernst-cassirer-and-mircea-eliade
KW - ontology
KW - epistemology
KW - cognition
KW - meaning-giving
KW - myth
KW - world-building
KW - sacred
KW - symbol
KW - lived-experience