Pragmatist Perspectives on Theological and Religious Realism
This essay first applies the general issue of realism vs. antirealism to theology and the philosophy of religion, distinguishing between several different levels of the realism dispute in this context. A pragmatic approach to the problem of realism regarding religion and theology is sketched and t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | 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, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-59 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religious philosophy
/ Theology
/ Realism
/ Anti-realism
/ Pragmatism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism |
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| Summary: | This essay first applies the general issue of realism vs. antirealism to theology and the philosophy of religion, distinguishing between several different levels of the realism dispute in this context. A pragmatic approach to the problem of realism regarding religion and theology is sketched and tentatively defended. The similarities and differences of scientific realism, on the one hand, and religious and/or theological realism, on the other hand, are thereby also illuminated. The concept of recognition is shown to be crucially relevant to the issue of realism especially in its pragmatist articulation. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v6i1.190 |