TITLE:
Analyzing Krapiec’s Theory of the Cognitive “I”
AUTHORS:
Faustinus Ik. Ugwuanyi
KEYWORDS:
Mieczyslaw Albert Krapiec, Cognitive “I”, Anthropology, Metaphysics
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Philosophy,
Vol.9 No.4,
October
12,
2019
ABSTRACT: Understanding the concept of man
has led to explosive debates among scholars of various disciplines for
centuries. The discussion becomes particularly acute when it comes to such
problems as “what is man?”, “what constitutes his nature?”, and “where lies his
essential feature?” Over the last decade, new studies in philosophical
anthropology on the platform of metaphysics began to gain waves among some
scholars. One strong pillar to this conviction is Mieczyslaw Albert Krapiec. The
paper aims to discuss and analyze Krapiec’s doctrine of the cognitive “I”
within the context of his philosophical anthropology. The analysis of Krapiec’s
doctrine is to show the uniqueness of his anthropological study of man using
metaphysical principles as the background of studies and the relevance of this
new study in the contemporary discussion.