If there is no Religion – L. Kołakowski’s Defence of the Sacred. Part 1

This article is an attempt to present the views of Polish philosopher on phenomenon religion. L. Kołakowski devoted almost all his professional life issue He places area religious experiences and beliefs within framework transcendentalism, one basic mutually exclusive options: “transcendentalism – empiricism”. Empiricism sphere naturalistic contents, their most radical representatives are empirical sciences philosophies related them.
 points out that there no reason for option exhaust cognitive content. However, a philosophical go beyond naturalism in grasping Absolute self, ends metaphysical horror. Hence perception as remains non-scientific but this fact does not contradict its value. A special place Kołakowski’s analyses occupied by anthropological argument under which biologisation human existence unjustified.