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Embodied freedom
Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship/Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap | Vol 76, No 1 | a5 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/koers.v76i1.5
| © 2011 H.G. Geertsema
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 21 June 2011 | Published: 21 June 2011
Submitted: 21 June 2011 | Published: 21 June 2011
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H.G. Geertsema, Emeritus Professor Dooyeweerd-chair Department of Philosophy Vrije Universiteit AMSTERDAMFull Text:
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In this article I explore the relationship between freedom and embodiment. Firstly I argue that freedom is an essential part of our being human, whatever science might say, and should be understood as the possibility to be ourselves. I propose an understanding that starts from the perspective of the second person. In the second part I analyse the writing of a scientific article as a case study of the experience of freedom in a concrete practice. I show how normative elements are a necessary part of such a practice. In the third part I argue that the “free agent” is in fact the concrete person who acts and thinks. I also discuss the place of causation. In the final part I elaborate on the view of the person, as understood from a second person perspective, and on the meaning of freedom, taking my starting point in the biblical understanding.
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