RINNOVARE LA FILOSOFIA. RIFLESSIONI SULLA FIDES ET RATIO 15 ANNI DOPO.

This paper proposes an analysis of the Fides et ratio encyclical letter (1998), in the light of the contemporary philosophical scenario. The document defends that both faith and reason are valid means to access truth. It duly considers several tendencies of the contemporary philosophical thought which cannot be reconciled with the vision of reality as a whole that is proper to Christian faith. Its intention is to promote a renewal of philosophy aligned with an authentic rationality of a metaphysical and realistic nature which rea-ches the foundation of the being and of truth, overcoming the immanentism, scientificist naturalism and nihilism that characterize a great part of the current philosophical production. With its proposal of conciliation between faith and reason, the encyclical letter opens new perspectives for Christian philosophy and theology which, by renouncing to their defensive attitude concerning modernity, can unhesitantly take on the true metaphysical dimension of reason. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]