한국 기독교 철학의 첫 출발 – 선교사의 철학교육

Abstract

This paper is a pre-history of the history of Korean Christian philosophy and an attempt to answer the questions of when, who, where, and how it began. This precedes the question: Who are Korean Christian philosophers? Therefore, this study examines the characteristics of Western philosophy and its education accepted during Korea's transition to modern times through the life of Pyeon Ha-seol (C.F. Bernheisel, 1874 ~ 1958), a Presbyterian missionary and educator who visited Korea in 1900, and philosophical education at Pyongyang Soongsil College. I thought it was in a philosophy textbook. Although he was not a professional philosopher, his philosophy education was ahead of that of other professional schools, and the Korean textbook The Element of Logic(Lon-ree-yak-hae) is significant as the first Korean textbook of Western philosophy in modern Korea. The purpose of this paper is to show that the philosophical education of missionaries who carried out missionary activities and education in Korea during the era of adaptation and translation played a certain role in producing Korean Christian philosophers. His philosophical education did not stop with himself, but continued until Chae Pil-geun, a Christian philosopher during the Japanese colonial period, came to the pulpit. It is significant in that he taught the beginnings of Christian thinking to students leaving for Europe, the United States, and Japan, and to students who became theologians or pastors. This shows the transplantation and acceptance of Western ideas in the modern transition period.