Epistemology of Spirit Beliefs

This book assesses whether religious epistemology can be expanded to argue for the justification of belief in spirits. It focuses specifically on experiences of spirits, animistic beliefs and belief in possession.

List of contents

1. What are Spirit-beliefs? 2. From Theism to Spirit-beliefs 3. From Unusual Events to Spirit-beliefs 4. Justification from Experiences 5. Justification from Perception-like Experiences 6. Justification from Mediumship-experiences 7. Justification from Possession-experiences 8. Justification from Animistic Experiences

About the author

Hans Van Eyghen is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Tilburg University, Netherlands.

Summary

This book assesses whether religious epistemology can be expanded to argue for the justification of belief in spirits. It focuses specifically on experiences of spirits, animistic beliefs and belief in possession.

Product details

• Authors: Hans Van Eyghen, Hans (Tilburg University Van Eyghen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.04.2023
• EAN: 9781032249988
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3224998-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Philosophy, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Philosophy of religion, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Religion and science, Religion & science, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge