| Description |
1 online resource (x, 66 pages) |
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SpringerBriefs in religious studies |
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SpringerBriefs in religious studies.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 The Diversity Problem; Abstract ; Terminological Aside; References; 2 The Cognitivity of Religious Language; Abstract ; Meaningfulness; Truth-Aptness; Conclusion; References; 3 Religious Experience as Perceptual; Abstract ; Experiences with Perception-Like Features; Jewish, Christian, and Islamic; Buddhist; Objections to Perceptual Understanding; Hobbes's Objection and Naturalistic Explanation; The Limitlessness Problem; Conclusion; References; 4 The Justificatory Force of Religious Experience; Abstract ; Purported Defeaters to the Justification of Perception |
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Plantinga and the De Jure QuestionAlston and Doxastic-Practice Coherentism; Perceptual Error and Psychology; Conclusion; References; 5 Buddhist Testimony and Christian Testimony; Abstract ; Testimonial Justification; Application to the Religious Case; What About Differences Among Practices?; References; Author Index |
| Summary |
?This book takes a theoretical enterprise in Christian philosophy of religion and applies it to Buddhism, thus defending Buddhism and presenting it favorably in comparison. Chapters explore how the claims of both Christianity and Theravada Buddhism rest on people's experiences, so the question as to which claimants to religious knowledge are right rests on the evidential value of those experiences. The book examines mysticism and ways to understand what goes on in religious experiences, helping us to understand whether it is good grounds for religious belief.? The author argues that religious |
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filosofie |
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philosophy |
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religie |
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religion |
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Philosophy (General) |
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Filosofie (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and author index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 26, 2014) |
| Subject |
Religion -- Philosophy.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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RELIGION -- Essays.
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RELIGION -- Reference.
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Religion -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783319094564 |
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3319094564 |
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3319094556 |
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9783319094557 |
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