Understanding Scholarly Presuppositions: A Crucial Tool for Research?

It is argued that all scholarly enquiry unavoidably rests on either tacitly or explicitly accepted presuppositions. Such presuppositions control enquiry with varying degrees of strength, functioning either as axioms or methodological assumptions. In the interests of objectivity the Christian scholar...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Helm, Paul 1940- (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Έκδοση: 1993
Στο/Στη: Tyndale bulletin
Έτος: 1993, Τόμος: 44, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 143-154
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Presuppositions
B Objectivity
B Philosophical Theology
B scholarly methodology
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Σύνοψη:It is argued that all scholarly enquiry unavoidably rests on either tacitly or explicitly accepted presuppositions. Such presuppositions control enquiry with varying degrees of strength, functioning either as axioms or methodological assumptions. In the interests of objectivity the Christian scholar has the duty to test his own presuppositions by reference to the primary documents of his faith, and by reflecting upon the different presuppositions adopted by other scholars. The quest for scholarly objectivity must not be confused with neutrality.
ISSN:0082-7118
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Tyndale bulletin
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.53751/001c.30452