Pragmatism and the Philosophy of Religion

Informationen zum Autor Michael R. Slater is a Lecturer in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University, Washington DC. He is the author of William James on Ethics and Faith (2009). Klappentext Michael R. Slater argues for the contemporary relevance of pragmatist views in the philosophy of religion. Zusammenfassung This book shows the contemporary relevance of American pragmatism for thinking about the nature and legitimacy of religious faith. The book will be of particular interest to philosophers - especially philosophers of religion and specialists in American philosophy - as well as to theologians and scholars of religion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: two rival versions of pragmatism; 1. Reconsidering James's account of religion; 2. James's objections to natural theology; 3. Peirce on the naturalness and explanatory power of theism; 4. Naturalism, secularism, and accommodationism in Dewey's account of religion; 5. Two Neo-Deweyan accounts of religion: Rorty and Kitcher on religious faith; 6. Pragmatism, theism, and the viability of metaphysical realism; 7. Pragmatism, reason, and religious faith.

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• Authors: Michael Slater, Michael R. Slater, Michael R. (Georgetown University Slater, Slater Michael R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781107434271
• ISBN: 978-1-107-43427-1
• No. of pages: 218
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, 20th Century, Philosophy, Religion: general, Theology, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Western philosophy from c 1800, Philosophy of religion, Philosophy: logic, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -