Religion and the pursuit of truth
This is a new argument to the effect that religions are not truth-oriented. In other words, it is not a fundamental function of religion to represent the world accurately. I compare two hypotheses with respect to their likelihood (in A.W.F. Edwards's technical sense). The one which entails that...
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Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2003
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Religious studies
Year: 2003, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 43-60 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Truth
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IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism |
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