Religion and the pursuit of truth
This is a new argument to the effect that religions are not truth-oriented. In other words, it is not a fundamental function of religion to represent the world accurately. I compare two hypotheses with respect to their likelihood (in A.W.F. Edwards's technical sense). The one which entails that...
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| Medienart: | Druck Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2003
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Religious studies
Jahr: 2003, Band: 39, Heft: 1, Seiten: 43-60 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Wahrheit
/ Religion
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus |
| Zusammenfassung: | This is a new argument to the effect that religions are not truth-oriented. In other words, it is not a fundamental function of religion to represent the world accurately. I compare two hypotheses with respect to their likelihood (in A.W.F. Edwards's technical sense). The one which entails that religion is not truth-oriented is a better explanation than its competitor for a number of empirical observations about religion. It is also at least as probable. I point out that, once one has established that religions are not truth-oriented, it is possible to argue that religions are false and it is possible to run a sound ad hominem argument against religious believers who advance religious claims. I suggest that the results are early ones and that what matters is evaluating religion in the way I illustrate in this paper. The ad hominem argument shows that the question of whether religion is truth-oriented is particularly important. |
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| ISSN: | 0034-4125 |
| Enthält: | In: Religious studies
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