Bridging Science and Religion: “The More” and “the Less” in William James and Owen Flanagan

Abstract. There is a kinship between Owen Flanagan's The Really Hard Problem and William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience that not only can help us to understand Flanagan's book but also can help scholars, particularly scholars of religion, to be attentive to an important...

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Main Author: Taves, Ann (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- 2009
In: Zygon
Year: 2009, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 9-17
Further subjects:B natural spirituality
B Transcendence
B Science and religion
B William James
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