Abstract
It is the aim of this paper to show that the Kierkegaardian conception of faith may be defended along traditional pragmatist lines. The argument turns on a reading of the third chapter of Philosophical Fragments, in which Kierkegaard develops the concept of the Absolute Paradox. I interpret the Absolute Paradox as a conceptual expression for the total incommensurability between an infinite God and a finite human intellect. As such, it clears logical space for faith by showing that theoretical reason is incapable of deciding the question of whether or not Christianity is true. However, where theoretical reason cannot decide the option between belief and unbelief, and where the attainment of an eternal happiness is effectively precluded by the failure to believe, the venture to become Christian may be validated on practical grounds.
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