TY - JOUR AU - Bakker, Richard Scott PY - 2017/01/27 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - From Scripture to Fantasy: Adrian Johnston and the Problem of Continental Fundamentalism JF - Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy JA - Cosmos and History VL - 13 IS - 1 SE - Review Articles DO - UR - https://cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/549 SP - 522-551 AB - <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: ";Times New Roman";,";serif";; font-size: 12pt;">Abstract</span></strong><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: ";Times New Roman";,";serif";; font-size: 12pt;">: Only the rise of science allowed us to identify scriptural ontologies as fantastic conceits, as anthropomorphizations of an indifferent universe. Now that science is beginning to genuinely disenchant the human soul, history suggests that traditional humanistic discourses are about to be rendered fantastic as well. Via a critical reading of Adrian Johnston's ‘transcendental materialism,' I attempt to show both the shape and the dimensions of the sociocognitive dilemma presently facing Continental philosophers <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">as they appear to their outgroup detractors</em>. Trusting speculative a priori claims regarding the nature of processes and entities under scientific investigation already excludes Continental philosophers from serious discussion. Using such claims, as Johnston does, to assert the fundamentally intentional nature of the universe amounts to anthropomorphism. Continental philosophy needs to honestly appraise the nature of its relation to the scientific civilization it purports to decode and guide, lest it become mere fantasy, or worse yet, conceptual religion.</span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span> ER -