Abstract: Man has ascribed to himself the position of God on Earth amidst other entities in the world by virtue of epistemic priority. How valid is the truth of this epistemic claim founded on human rationality? There are different forms of knowing: instinctive knowledge, sensual knowledge, rational knowledge, intuitive knowledge and infused knowledge. Each entity in the world by virtue of ontological hierarchy has access to one form of knowing or the other. How do we justify that rational knowledge is the highest form of knowing by virtue of which man can claim transcendence over and above every other entity in the world? Some philosophical traditions like materialism hold that humanity is like every other entity in the world, it is not transcendent and therefore is not capax dei (openness to God). Other philosophical traditions like rationalism or idealism maintain that humanity is ontological, prior to other entities in the world. This is transcendent and therefore, capax dei.
Keywords: philosophical traditions, humanity, ontological capax dei.
Title: PHILOSOPHICAL EXAMINATION OF HUMANITY AS CAPAX DEI, CHALLENGES AND FUTURE OF HUMANITY
Author: Izuchukwu Innocent Emeam
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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