Peter Harrison, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and the Problem of Pre-Modern Religion
Peter Harrison's Gifford Lectures demonstrate that the modern concepts of “religion” and “science” do not correspond to any fixed sphere of life in the pre-modern world. Because these terms are incommensurate and ideological, they misconstrue the past. I examine the influence and affinities of...
Subtitles: | Peter Harrison's Territories of science and religion: a symposium |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2016]
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Zygon
Year: 2016, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 718-728 |
Further subjects: | B
naturalistic accounts of religion
B genealogy of religion B pre-modern science B critical theory of religion B Christianity B Ludwig Wittgenstein B disciplinary borders B Philosophia |
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Summary: | Peter Harrison's Gifford Lectures demonstrate that the modern concepts of “religion” and “science” do not correspond to any fixed sphere of life in the pre-modern world. Because these terms are incommensurate and ideological, they misconstrue the past. I examine the influence and affinities of Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophy on Harrison's study in order to argue that Harrison's project approaches Wittgenstein's. Harrison's book is a therapeutic history, untying a knot in scholarly language. I encourage Harrison, however, to clarify how future scholars can progress in their study of phenomena once termed “scientific” or “religious” without succumbing to these same mistakes. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12280 |