Towards an epistemology of religious traditions
Starting from the acceptance of the Egalitarian Principle I exhibited a version which I considered too lax (BEP) and one I considered too strict (NEP), arriving at a version (MEP) which allows that there can be tolerance-limiting reasons for adhering to traditions but only if they are based on unrea...
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Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Springer Netherlands
1999
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Sophia
Año: 1999, Volumen: 38, Número: 1, Páginas: 25-40 |
Otras palabras clave: | B
Religious Experience
B Religious Tradition B Egalitarian Principle B Religious Topic B Knowledge Claim |
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Sumario: | Starting from the acceptance of the Egalitarian Principle I exhibited a version which I considered too lax (BEP) and one I considered too strict (NEP), arriving at a version (MEP) which allows that there can be tolerance-limiting reasons for adhering to traditions but only if they are based on unreasoned knowledge claims. In fact, I hold that the situation most of us find ourselves in restricts such claims on religious topics to very general ones. Hence the choice between NEP and MEP is not significant., It follows that we should take up one of two positions concerning religious traditions: either we argue from the shared assumptions of a variety of traditions without genuine participation in any of them; or we justify participation in one of them by noting various marks of reliability, such as serendipitous understanding. |
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ISSN: | 1873-930X |
Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Sophia
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF02806409 |