How can I know I’ve perceived God?

In this paper I argue that a necessary condition of one’s perceiving God is that an experience of the right phenomenological sort be caused in one ‘directly enough’ by God and – bypassing the issue of what is necessary for an experience to be of the right phenomenological sort – discuss some difficu...

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Main Author: Mawson, T. J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Nature B. V 2005
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2005, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 105-121
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Summary:In this paper I argue that a necessary condition of one’s perceiving God is that an experience of the right phenomenological sort be caused in one ‘directly enough’ by God and – bypassing the issue of what is necessary for an experience to be of the right phenomenological sort – discuss some difficulties in finding reasons for thinking that God has or has not ‘directly enough’ caused any such experience.
ISSN:1572-8684
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11153-004-3502-5