Homøostatisk intentionalitet vs. epistemisk kohærens
Balkanisering er det fænomen, at mennesker tilsyneladende kan leve med indbyrdes modstridende forestillinger i et religiøst verdensbillede, uden at disse modsigelser problematiseres. Fænomenet er en torn i øjet på religionsvidenskaben, der ofte antager at mennesker i en kultur opfatter religiøse for...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Danish |
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Univ.
[2007]
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Religionsvidenskabeligt tidsskrift
Year: 2007, Volume: 50, Pages: 71-80 |
| Further subjects: | B
Konceptualisering
B Homøostase B Epistemisk kohærens B Coping B Emotioner B World View |
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| Summary: | Balkanisering er det fænomen, at mennesker tilsyneladende kan leve med indbyrdes modstridende forestillinger i et religiøst verdensbillede, uden at disse modsigelser problematiseres. Fænomenet er en torn i øjet på religionsvidenskaben, der ofte antager at mennesker i en kultur opfatter religiøse forestillinger som et epistemisk sammenhængende system. I denne artikel argumenterer jeg for, at religiøse forestillinger ikke behøver at være indbyrdes kohærente for at overleve i den troendes forestillingsverden. Tværtimod, for at afhjælpe individet i alle livets aspekter, er det nødvendigt at bryde med systemets indbyrdes kohærens og åbne for produktionen af optimale strategier designet til at løse specifikke problemer. It is often assumed that religious world views are coherent systems of ideas. The fact that religious subjects easily adopt conflicting propositions contradicts this assumption. In this paper I will argue that religious ideas do not have to be mutually coherent in order to survive in religious systems. In fact it is necessary for the religious subject to adopt conflicting ideas in order to cope with all aspects of life. I suggest that we assume functional coherency instead of epistemic coherency in religious systems, and I predict that a functional approach using concepts and typologies from coping psychology to analyse religious ideas, will make researchers able to gain new insights on the relation between religious concepts. This prediction is supported by a preliminary analysis of the notions of free will and predestination, illustrating how coping psychology provides the tools necessary for explaining the problem of conflicting propositions. |
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| ISSN: | 1904-8181 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religionsvidenskabeligt tidsskrift
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.7146/rt.v0i50.1707 |