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A modest solution to the problem of religious disagreement
- Source :
- International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. 82:273-288
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.
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Abstract
- In this paper I develop a new recipe for solving the problem of religious disagreement suggested by the injunction to cultivate intellectual humility conjoined with awareness of human immaturity in deep time. The ingredients brought to the table include such things as noticing the full breadth and texture of the religious propositional field, observing the previously hidden areas of agreement this exposes, making a differential judgment of importance in relation to religious propositions, applying the concept of a position, and finding a better home for an emphasis on detailed beliefs than contexts of inquiry can provide. Special attention is given to the modesty of the proposal, which asks relatively little of religious practitioners while reconceiving this area of discussion.
- Subjects :
- Philosophy
Field (Bourdieu)
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05 social sciences
050109 social psychology
06 humanities and the arts
0603 philosophy, ethics and religion
Humility
Epistemology
060302 philosophy
Position (finance)
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Relation (history of concept)
Deep time
Philosophy of religion
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Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15728684 and 00207047
- Volume :
- 82
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal for Philosophy of Religion
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........4d5612c01d0837bbce04e6f1ea5bddb9
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11153-016-9581-2