Religion, fiction, and facts
Religious fictionalism is a philosophical theory that aims to provide an alternative to the metaphysically realistic (theistic or God-centred) view of the nature of religious discourse. Religious fictionalism argues that being an atheist is compatible with a certain kind of personal religiousness be...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2024
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Studia theologica
Year: 2024, Volume: 78, Issue: 1, Pages: 23–43 |
IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion |
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Summary: | Religious fictionalism is a philosophical theory that aims to provide an alternative to the metaphysically realistic (theistic or God-centred) view of the nature of religious discourse. Religious fictionalism argues that being an atheist is compatible with a certain kind of personal religiousness because it is possible to understand traditional religious discourse as a useful fiction. In the first part of my presentation, I will outline the central ideas of religious fictionalism. After that, I highlight some key problems associated with it. These have to do with the “make-believe” attitude of the fictionalist account of faith and the problems linked with personal integrity. In the last part of the article, I will turn to metaphysical and epistemic presuppositions that play a central role in religious fictionalism. I will deal with these issues in the light of Bas van Fraassen’s empiricist views on science, secularism and religion. |
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ISSN: | 1502-7791 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Studia theologica
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0039338X.2023.2264266 |