Making Theological Progress with David Deutsch’s Theory of Explanations

Theological progress occurs when explanations are contested, revised, and upgraded. But what are explanations? According to the physicist David Deutsch, an explanation involves the application of knowledge to a problem. The essay will present three models for the operation of explanations within the...

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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Routledge 2022
In: Theology and science
Jahr: 2022, Band: 20, Heft: 3, Seiten: 358-370
RelBib Classification:FA Theologie
KAJ Kirchengeschichte 1914-; neueste Zeit
VA Philosophie
weitere Schlagwörter:B Theology
B Progress
B Fallibilism
B Explanation
B David Deutsch
B Ultimate Explanation
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Zusammenfassung:Theological progress occurs when explanations are contested, revised, and upgraded. But what are explanations? According to the physicist David Deutsch, an explanation involves the application of knowledge to a problem. The essay will present three models for the operation of explanations within the discipline of theology: the perspectivist, aesthetical, and teleological. Importantly, each of these models is correctable because of human fallibility and rational fallibilism. Avoiding the pitfalls of justificationism and unwarranted appeals to authority, the acknowledgment of fallibilism signals not only the humbling constraints on human endeavors but also the unbounded potential for improvement.
ISSN:1474-6719
Enthält:Enthalten in: Theology and science
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2022.2084857