QUESTION:

Dear Mr. Glasersfeld,
Is there any constructive role that religion can play in the contemporary world?

Maria Hetzenauer

 

 

ANSWER:

 

Dear Ms Hetzenauer,
Radical constructiviism is a model of rational knowledge. Religion does not belong to the domain of the rational but to the domain of mystical belief. There is no possible contradiction between the two domains  - as long as the mystics do not attempt to couch their beliefs in rational terms.

Best wishes,

Ernst von Glasersfeld

 

 

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