Value Beyond Determination: René Le Senne's Account of Obstacle as Mediation towards the Absolute

While the efficacy of science has lent credence to atheistic attitude, much of humanity has remained tied to its religious legacy. In this paper then, I wish to account for this paradox of belief and unbelief, of religion and irreligion, of theism and atheism in the face of what seems to be the irrepressible success of scientific explorations, driven and powered by a mathematical and mechanistic mental framework. For this purpose, I shall be putting forward the ideas of French philosopher René Le Senne, whose estimation of religion and belief seems to well account for such a paradox.