The Unique, the Singular, and the Individual

The Debate about the Non-Comparable. Claremont Studies in the Philosophy of Religion, Conference 2018

edited by Ingolf U. Dalferth and Raymond E. Perrier

Book cover: The Unique, the Singular, and the Individual

Extent: 429 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Philosophy, Religious Studies

Series: Religion in Philosophy and Theology

Series volume number: 122

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(September 2022)

ISBN: 9783161615238

9.09 x 6.06 inches

Price: $124.00

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The current singularity debate often overlooks the fact that similar debates have been going on in other fields for a long time. This volume examines these references to debates about the unique, the singular, and the individual in philosophy, theology, hermeneutics, and ethics.


Debates about the unique, the singular, and the individual raise epistemological, hermeneutical, metaphysical, ethical, and theological problems. They are often discussed in separate discourses without attention to the multiple relationships that exist among these issues. This volume seeks to remedy this by linking three areas of discussion: the theological and metaphysical debates about divine uniqueness, the epistemological and hermeneutical debates about issues of singularity and (in)comparability, and the ethical debates about issues of human individuality and ethical formation. Taken together, this highlights the complex background of the current singularity debate and shows that it is worth paying attention to debates in other fields where similar questions are explored in a different way.

  • Edited by Ingolf U Dalferth
  • Edited by Raymond E Perrier