Volume 35, Issue 1/2, 2023
Andrew Barrette

Pages 263-274
https://doi.org/10.5840/philtheol202465171
Translator¡¯s Remarks on Karl Rahner¡¯s ¡°The Foundations of a Theory of Knowledge with Joseph Mar¨¦chal¡±
The essay introduces the English translation of Karl Rahner¡¯s early writing, ¡°The Foundations of a Theory of Knowledge with Joseph Mar¨¦chal.¡± This piece, written in 1927, provides insight into Rahner¡¯s early formation, especially as it relates to the thought of the Belgian Jesuit Mar¨¦chal. In it, there is a focus is upon how the analysis of judgment gives a ground for a metaphysics of knowledge. This essay gives a brief account of the history of the piece, its content, as well as some reflections on its significance and its limitations.