Militant atheism, pragmatism, and the God-shaped hole
This paper addresses recent examples of militant atheism. It considers the theistic reply that describes atheism as deriving from a “God-shaped hole” in the human soul. The paper will argue that American pragmatism offers a middle path that avoids militant atheism without suffering from this problem...
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Springer Nature B. V
2008
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2008, Volume: 65, Issue: 3, Pages: 139 |
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Richard Rorty
B John Dewey B Atheism B Richard Dawkins B Pragmatism B William James B Sam Harris B Christopher Hitchens |
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