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English
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Faith and Knowledge:
Intellectual Prospects for
Mormonism* -
Dialogue : A Journal of Mormon Thought
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Fall 2011
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44
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3
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Stanford, CA
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Dialogue Foundation
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94-120
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I’m going to try and convey aspects of Charles Taylor’s work that
I find tremendously helpful in working through the challenges
that all of us confront and that give rise to conferences like this
one. Let me begin, however, with a personal note about Taylor.
He is perhaps the most successful contemporary philosopher
bridging the analytic continental divide and is best known for his
contributions to political philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy
of social science, and the history of philosophy. One mark of
his significance is the contemporary inf luence of his work on
non-philosophers, which stems in part from his encyclopedic
grasp of intellectual history and the ease with which he synthesizes
history, theology, anthropology, sociology and econom- ics
in order and display philosophical insights.1 For numerous reasons,
he has been a very important professional model for me.
More importantly, Taylor has successfully negotiated the worlds
of faith and reason, opening up a way for me to follow. I do not
exaggerate when I say that he has stood as something of a Savior
on Mount Zion for me.