Receptivity to Mystery: Cultivation, Loss, and Scientism
The cultivation of receptivity to the mystery of reality is a central feature of many religious and philosophical traditions, both Western and Asian. This paper considers two contemporary accounts of receptivity to mystery - those of David E. Cooper and John Cottingham - and considers them in light...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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[2012]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Jahr: 2012, Band: 4, Heft: 3, Seiten: 51-68 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The cultivation of receptivity to the mystery of reality is a central feature of many religious and philosophical traditions, both Western and Asian. This paper considers two contemporary accounts of receptivity to mystery - those of David E. Cooper and John Cottingham - and considers them in light of the problem of loss of receptivity. I argue that a person may lose their receptivity to mystery by embracing what I call a scientistic stance, and the paper concludes by offering two possible responses to combating that stance and restoring the receptivity to mystery that it occludes. |
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| Enthält: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v4i3.276 |
