On behalf of Pascal: A Reply to Le Poidevin
When we were on the subway back from his lecture, I said to Robin: “I’m not sure there actually are any religious fictionalists.” We keep talking about them in papers and lectures, acting as if fictionalism in religion is a real possibility, but to be honest, I haven’t been able to spot one in the w...
| Publié dans: | European journal for philosophy of religion |
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| Autres titres: | Special Issue - Evolutionary Research on Morality and Theological Ethics |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2020]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Année: 2020, Volume: 12, Numéro: 3, Pages: 189-196 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Cupitt, Don 1934-
/ Agnosticisme
/ Religion
/ Fiktionalismus
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| Classifications IxTheo: | AB Philosophie de la religion AG Vie religieuse |
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| Résumé: | When we were on the subway back from his lecture, I said to Robin: “I’m not sure there actually are any religious fictionalists.” We keep talking about them in papers and lectures, acting as if fictionalism in religion is a real possibility, but to be honest, I haven’t been able to spot one in the wild so far. The only potential candidate who comes to mind is Don Cupitt, who wrote things like: “I still pray and love God, even though I fully acknowledge that no God actually exists.” [1] Perhaps this is as fictionalist as it gets. But then again, Cupitt never explicitly declared himself a fictionalist (at least to my knowledge). Moreover, on other occasions he sounds more like an expressivist than a fictionalist, e.g. when he says: “The Christian doctrine of God just is Christian spirituality in coded form.” [2] So, if there are any actual fictionalists out there, please step forward. [1] Don Cupitt, After God: The Future of Religion (Basic Books, 1997), 85. [2] Don Cupitt, Taking leave of God (SCM Press, 1980), 14. |
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| Contient: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v12i3.3416 |