The challenge of religious pluralism: A reply to James Kraft

Religious pluralis does have, as James Kraft says, a negative impact on the epistemic confidence with which one holds a religious position, when epistemology is thought on both the externalist and internalist lines. I also conclude both that there is a resulting epistemic humility and that a toleran...

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Main Author: Phillips, Stephen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands 2006
In: Sophia
Year: 2006, Volume: 45, Issue: 2, Pages: 123-126
Further subjects:B Religious Experience
B Religious Diversity
B Epistemic Confidence
B Religious Tolerance
B Religious Pluralism
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Summary:Religious pluralis does have, as James Kraft says, a negative impact on the epistemic confidence with which one holds a religious position, when epistemology is thought on both the externalist and internalist lines. I also conclude both that there is a resulting epistemic humility and that a tolerance of religious diversity results from it, but I reach these conclusions for entirely different reasons. Epistemic humility and religious tolerance are fostered by the realization that many religions are striving for the infinite, though all have limited views of it.
ISSN:1873-930X
Contains:Enthalten in: Sophia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF02782486