Theism Reconsidered: Belief in God and the Existence of God

This article develops a new perspective on theism that (1) makes the simple juxtaposition of theism and atheism problematic, (2) and helps bridge philosophy of religion and the empirical study of religious phenomena. The basic idea is developed inspired by Terrence Deacon's book Incomplete Natu...

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主要作者: Pyysiäinen, Ilkka 1959- (Author)
格式: 电子 文件
语言:English
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出版: Wiley-Blackwell [2015]
In: Zygon
Year: 2015, 卷: 50, 发布: 1, Pages: 138-150
Further subjects:B Theism
B Consciousness
B Cosmology
B God
B Fideism
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总结:This article develops a new perspective on theism that (1) makes the simple juxtaposition of theism and atheism problematic, (2) and helps bridge philosophy of religion and the empirical study of religious phenomena. The basic idea is developed inspired by Terrence Deacon's book Incomplete Nature and its description of “ententional” phenomena, together with some ideas from the cognitive science of religion, especially those related to agency and “theological correctness.” It is argued that God should not be understood as a “homunculus” that stops an otherwise infinite regress of arguments.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12163