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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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Springer Nature B. V
2008
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Année: 2008, Volume: 65, Numéro: 3, Pages: 139 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
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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Résumé: | 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. The paper describes this middle path and considers the problem that is seen in Rorty’s recent work: how the pragmatist can remain critical of religious fundamentalism without succumbing to a militant version of atheism. The solution proposed is tolerant acceptance of religion along with melioristic criticism developed within shared norms of inquiry. |
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ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-008-9188-3 |