Gifts without Givers: Secular Spirituality and Metaphorical Cognition
The option of being spiritual but not religious' deserves much more philosophical attention. That is the aim here, taking the work of Robert Solomon as a starting point, with focus on the particular issues around viewing life as gift. This requires analysis of existential gratitude' to s...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Sophia
Year: 2017, Volume: 56, Issue: 4, Pages: 631-647 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion TK Recent history VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Gratitude
B Spirituality B Poison B Cognition B Metaphor B Secularism |
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| Summary: | The option of being spiritual but not religious' deserves much more philosophical attention. That is the aim here, taking the work of Robert Solomon as a starting point, with focus on the particular issues around viewing life as gift. This requires analysis of existential gratitude' to show that there can be gratitude for things without gratitude to someone for providing things, and also closer attention to the role that metaphor plays in cognition. I consider two main concerns with gift and gratitude thinking, that the nonreligious justification is too instrumentalist in its approach and that viewing life as gift, whether in a religious or nonreligious way, is simply too optimistic. |
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| ISSN: | 1873-930X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sophia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11841-016-0554-9 |