Dangerous Enthusiasm: An Aspect of the Clash between Cartesianism and Orthodoxy at Utrecht University

Hendrik van den Belt

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Dangerous Enthusiasm: An Aspect of the Clash between Cartesianism and Orthodoxy at Utrecht University

Hendrik van den Belt

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This paper argues that the clash between Reformed orthodoxy and Cartesianism in the early history of Utrecht University - known as the Utrecht Crisis - was so vehement because the issue of the ultimate source of knowledge and certainty was at stake. The accusation of 'enthusiasm' from the Reformed side indicates that one of the most important issues was the so-called ‘epistemological turn’ from objectivity to subjectivity. The rise of modern philosophy was marked by a new concern with epistemology and a shift in perspective from the known object to the knowing subject. The essential difference between Cartesianism and Reformed orthodoxy was epistemological: the ultimate foundation of certainty.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Contesting Religious Identities
Subtitle of host publication	Transformations, Disseminations and Mediations
Editors	Bob Becking, Anne-Marie Korte, Lucien van Liere
Place of Publication	Leiden
Publisher	Brill
Pages	118-135
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9789004337459
ISBN (Print)	9789004336049
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004337459
Publication status	Published - 1-Feb-2017

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Name	Numen Book Series
Volume	156
ISSN (Print)	0169-8834

Keywords

Utrecht University
Gisbertus Voetius (1589–1676)
Martinus Schoock (1614–1669)
Enthusiasm
Epistemological Turn

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Dangerous Enthusiasm: An Aspect of the Clash between Cartesianism and Orthodoxy at Utrecht University. / van den Belt, Hendrik.
Contesting Religious Identities: Transformations, Disseminations and Mediations . ed. / Bob Becking; Anne-Marie Korte; Lucien van Liere. Leiden: Brill, 2017. p. 118-135 (Numen Book Series; Vol. 156).

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