Realist Hope - A Critique of Anti Realist Approaches in Contemporary Philosophical

Taking into consideration analytical, continental, historical, post-modern and contemporary thinkers, Insole provides a powerful defence of a realist construal of religious discourse. Insole argues that anti-realism tends towards absolutism and hubris. Where truth is exhausted by our beliefs about truth, there is no conceptual space for doubting those beliefs; only a conception of truth as absolute, given and accessible can guarantee the very humility, sense of fallibility and sensitivity to difference that the anti-realist rightly values. Cutting through some of the tired and well-rehearsed debates in this area, Insole provides a fresh perspective on approaches influenced by Wittgenstein, Kant, and apophatic theology. The defence of realism offered is unusual in being both analytically precise, and theologically sensitive, with a view to some of the wider and less well-explored cultural, ethical and political implications of the debate.

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The Realist Hope

About the author

Christopher J. Insole is Professor in Philosophical Theology and Ethics at the University of Durham, UK, and Professorial Fellow at the Australian Catholic University. He has published extensively on realism and anti-realism, religious epistemology, the relationship between theology, metaphysics, and political philosophy, and on Immanuel Kant's philosophy of religion.

Summary

Taking into consideration analytical, continental, historical, post-modern and contemporary thinkers, Insole provides a powerful defence of a realist construal of religious discourse. Insole argues that anti-realism tends towards absolutism and hubris. Cutting through the tired and well-rehearsed debates in this area, Insole provides a fresh perspe

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• Authors: Christopher J. Insole
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781032180120
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3218012-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Heythrop Studies in Contemporary Philosophy, Religion and Theology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Religion & beliefs, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Philosophy of religion, Religion and beliefs