The paradox of ineffability
Saying that x is ineffable seems to be paradoxical - either I cannot say anything about x, not even that it is ineffable - or I can say that it is ineffable, but then I can say something and it is not ineffable. In this article, I discuss Alston’s version of the paradox and a solution proposed by Hi...
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Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2017]
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International journal of philosophy and theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 78, Issue: 3, Pages: 289-300 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Alston, William P. 1921-2009
/ Hick, John 1922-2012
/ Dionysius, Areopagita, De mystica theologia
/ Unexpressibility
/ God
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RelBib Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBC Doctrine of God VA Philosophy |
Further subjects: | B
John Hick
B Mysticism B William Alston B Ineffability |
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