re: kierkegaard: ah, alas i'm probably useless on that front. i read him as a teen & remember more vibes and how he made me feel than any concrete arguments or argumentation on his part. i do remember reading him at the same time i was reading William James's essay "The Will to Believe" and i think they're both playing with similar ideas, James in a more accessible fashion... there was something very moving about Kierkegaard's account of faith as The Thing You Simply Gotta Take A Gamble On, whereas James's formulation is more "assuming none of these important barriers are in the way, the leap is philosophically sound & also can create reality to some degree," but like, they're both banger
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Date: 2025-04-23 03:01 am (UTC)re: kierkegaard: ah, alas i'm probably useless on that front. i read him as a teen & remember more vibes and how he made me feel than any concrete arguments or argumentation on his part. i do remember reading him at the same time i was reading William James's essay "The Will to Believe" and i think they're both playing with similar ideas, James in a more accessible fashion... there was something very moving about Kierkegaard's account of faith as The Thing You Simply Gotta Take A Gamble On, whereas James's formulation is more "assuming none of these important barriers are in the way, the leap is philosophically sound & also can create reality to some degree," but like, they're both banger