The return of truth: defending the correspondence theory after the liberal/postliberal divide
This article defends the correspondence theory of truth against criticisms of three theologians: Stephen Long, Kevin Hector, and Bruce Marshall. Long's criticisms arise from his metaphysical commitments, Hector's from his anti-metaphysical commitments, and Marshall's from his methodol...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2020]
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Religious studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 56, Issue: 4, Pages: 578-595 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Long, D. Stephen 1960-, Speaking of God
/ Hector, Kevin, Theology without metaphysics
/ Marshall, Bruce 1955-, Trinity and truth
/ Correspondence theory
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RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism VA Philosophy |
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Summary: | This article defends the correspondence theory of truth against criticisms of three theologians: Stephen Long, Kevin Hector, and Bruce Marshall. Long's criticisms arise from his metaphysical commitments, Hector's from his anti-metaphysical commitments, and Marshall's from his methodological commitments. I treat Long and Hector briefly, before giving a more extended treatment of Bruce Marshall's attack on the correspondence theory using the slingshot argument of Donald Davidson. I argue that correspondence theories withstand their criticisms. They therefore pose no obstacle to using them in theology. |
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ISSN: | 1469-901X |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412518000926 |