Metaphor and Theological Realism
In this paper, I argue that there are indispensable and irreducible metaphors in religious language and that this does not threaten a realist interpretation of religion. I first sketch a realist theory of religious language and argue that we cannot avoid addressing the problems metaphor poses to sem...
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| 格式: | 电子 文件 |
| 语言: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2014]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2014, 卷: 6, 发布: 1, Pages: 79-92 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
神学家
/ 宗教语言
/ 隐喻
/ 现实主义
/ 宗教多元主义
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism |
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| 总结: | In this paper, I argue that there are indispensable and irreducible metaphors in religious language and that this does not threaten a realist interpretation of religion. I first sketch a realist theory of religious language and argue that we cannot avoid addressing the problems metaphor poses to semantics. I then give a brief account of what it means for a metaphorical sentence to be true and how metaphors can refer to something even if what they mean is not expressible in literal terms. Finally, I discuss how this realist theory of metaphor influences our understanding of negative theology and gives a new perspective on religious pluralism. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v6i1.192 |