The logic of authoritative revelations

Despite the tendency to think that the justification of revealed truths depends on a verifiable contact with divine reality, this essay argues that the authoritative status of revelations is due to their role in defining a distinctively religious order of judgment. Rather than being immediately appa...

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Main Author: Whittaker, John H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Nature B. V 2010
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2010, Volume: 68, Issue: 1, Pages: 167-181
Further subjects:B Conceptual truths
B Authority
B Revelation
B Kierkegaard
B Divine
B Matters of principle
B Mistaken and revised revelations
B Wittgenstein
B Human communication
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