Dispelling the Freudian Specter:  A.N. Prior's Discussion of Religion in 1943

David Jakobsen

Dispelling the Freudian Specter: A.N. Prior's Discussion of Religion in 1943

Department of Communication and Psychology

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Abstract

Newly released letters between Arthur Norman Prior and Mary Wilkinson (later Prior) in 1943, reveal that Prior, after having struggled with Freudian explanations of religious belief in 1942, returned to Christianity in July 1943. With Freud’s specter dispelled, Prior wanted to provide an answer to three articles, he had written from an atheist perspective, and therefore wrote Faith, Unbelief and Evil: Fragments of a dialogue. Furthermore, it turns out that Prior discussed and corresponded
with Karl Popper, about faith and unbelief. This study situate Prior’s discussion on religion in 1943 and discusses its relevance for his authorship.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Metaphysics of Time : Themes from Prior
Editors	Per Hasle, David Jakobsen, Peter Øhrstrøm
Number of pages	22
Place of Publication	Aalborg
Publisher	Aalborg Universitetsforlag
Publication date	2020
Pages	63-85
ISBN (Electronic)	978-87-7210-724-0
Publication status	Published - 2020

Series	Logic and Philosophy of Time
Volume	4
ISSN	2596-4372

Keywords

A.N. Prior
Religion
Atheism
Freud
Karl Barth
Karl Popper

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Dispelling the Freudian Specter: A.N. Prior's Discussion of Religion in 1943. / Jakobsen, David.
The Metaphysics of Time: Themes from Prior. ed. / Per Hasle; David Jakobsen; Peter Øhrstrøm. Aalborg: Aalborg Universitetsforlag, 2020. p. 63-85 (Logic and Philosophy of Time, Vol. 4).

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