Adventure in Human Knowledges and Beliefs

In Adventure in Human Knowledges and Beliefs, readers are adjudicators who "measure" the acceptability of knowledges and beliefs. Andrew Ralls Woodward leads readers through an adventure which includes the philosophy of science, religious studies, and theology.

List of contents

Contents

Prologue
This Book and Acknowledgments

Part I: Knowledge or Knowledges? Belief or Beliefs?
I The Adventure
II Knowledges
III Beliefs
IV Belief as Trust

Part II: Scientific and Religious People
V Religious Language
VI Some Unexpected Surprises
VII Faces of Religion / Faces of Science
VIII Knowledge and Belief Communities

Part III: Adjudicators
IX Causes and Explanatory Forces
X The "Knowledge Bar"
XI Ancient Forms of Knowledge
XII The Current Landscape

Epilogue
What then is reality?

Glossary of Strange Sounding Words

Bibliography of Works Cited

Index of Names and Terms

About the author

Andrew Ralls Woodward holds a Doctor of Theology in the philosophy of science and religion from the University of Toronto and the University of Trinity College (conjoint). He is the author of Adventure in Human Knowledges and Beliefs (2014).

Summary

In Adventure in Human Knowledges and Beliefs, readers are adjudicators who “measure” the acceptability of knowledges and beliefs. Andrew Ralls Woodward leads readers through an adventure which includes the philosophy of science, religious studies, and theology.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Ralls Woodward
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.07.2014
• EAN: 9780761864080
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6408-0
• No. of pages: 106
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, RELIGION / Philosophy, Social groups, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy of religion, Social groups: religious groups & communities