The Epistemology of Religious Disagreement

A Better Understanding
2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-29414-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 182 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 231 g

Many assume falsely that religious disagreements engage rules of evidence presentation and belief justification radically different than the ordinary disagreements people have every day, whether those religious disagreements are in Sri Lanka between Hindus and Buddhists or in the Middle East among Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kraft, J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Religionspsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction PART I: THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF ORDINARY DISAGREEMENTS Justified True Belief? Varieties of Luck and Possible Worlds Skepticism between Beginner's and Lottery Luck Ordinary Disagreements PART II: FROM ORDINARY TO RELIGIOUS DISAGREEMENTS Ordinary and Religious Disagreements Compared Exclusivism, Pluralism, Postmodernism, Contextualism, and Hermeneutics Non-Reductive Religious Disagreement Reduction Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

James Kraft is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Huston-Tillotson University.