[RobbyS]

In his "Truth and Tolerance" the pope reminds us that the Kantian or neo-Kantian notion that we cannot know absolute truth holds sway in almost every discipline. although his Philosophy as a whole is rejected as inadequate, So Kant said a priori that we cannot "know" God or things about God. To put it another way, there can be no metaphysics. Yet men yearn for certainty, so a process like evolution, which has some similarities to Hegel's , is accepted without much examination, even though we have not fully delineated that process.

[Aquinasfan]

So Kant said a priori that we cannot "know" God or things about God.

How would he know that with certainty?

Did he mistake himself for God?

[Wonder Warthog]

"Yet men yearn for certainty, so a process like evolution, which has some similarities to Hegel's , is accepted without much examination, even though we have not fully delineated that process."

Excuse me, but WHERE do you get the idea that "evolution....is accepted without much examination..."?? It's probably the MOST EXAMINED scientific theory ever promulgated.

[HaveHadEnough]

[T]he pope reminds us that the Kantian or neo-Kantian notion that we cannot know absolute truth holds sway in almost every discipline.

I prefer to call it a Socratic notion. Kant sure did write about a lot and certainly wanted us to believe that what he wrote about was the absolute truth; whereas anytime someone mentioned to Socrates that he had discovered or held some truth, Socrates pretty much showed that he was full of crap.