<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this paper I present four interpretations of so-called negative theology and provide a number of attempts to model this theory within a formal system. Unfortunately, all of them fail in some manner. Most of them are simply inconsistent, some contradict the usual religious praxis and discourse, and some do not correspond to the key theses of negative theology. I believe that this paper shows how challenging this theory is from a logical perspective.</p></abstract>

In this paper I present four interpretations of so-called negative theology and provide a number of attempts to model this theory within a formal system. Unfortunately, all of them fail in some manner. Most of them are simply inconsistent, some contradict the usual religious praxis and discourse, and some do not correspond to the key theses of negative theology. I believe that this paper shows how challenging this theory is from a logical perspective.

The logical challenge of negative theology

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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In this paper I present four interpretations of so-called negative theology and provide a number of attempts to model this theory within a formal system....

The logical challenge of negative theology

Published Online: Nov 16, 2018

Page range: 149 - 174

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2018-0022

Keywords
logic, negative theology, apophatic theology, negation, self-reference, paradoxes

© 2018 Piotr Urbańczyk, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The logical challenge of negative theology

Published Online: Nov 16, 2018

Page range: 149 - 174

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2018-0022

Keywordslogic, negative theology, apophatic theology, negation, self-reference, paradoxes

© 2018 Piotr Urbańczyk, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
logic, negative theology, apophatic theology, negation, self-reference, paradoxes