Wittgenstein and Religion

D. Phillips (Autor)

Buch

259 Seiten

1993 | 1993 ed.
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-312-12300-0 (ISBN)

Infos

A collection of essays which explores the significance of Wittgenstein for the Philosophy of Religion. Explorations of central notions in Wittgenstein's later philosophy are brought to bear on the clash between belief and atheism; understanding religious experience; language and ritual; and the possibility of a Christian philosophy.

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A collection of essays which explores the significance of Wittgenstein for the Philosophy of Religion. Explorations of central notions in Wittgenstein's later philosophy are brought to bear on the clash between belief and atheism; understanding religious experience; language and ritual; evil and theodicies; miracles; and the possibility of a Christian philosophy.

Autor

D Z Phillips

Inhalt

Acknowledgements - Introduction - Philosophy, Theology and the Reality of God - Sublime Existence - Searle on Language Games and Religion - On Really Believing - Religious Belief and Language Games - Wittgenstein's Full Stop - Primitive Reactions and the Reactions of Primitives - Belief and Loss of Belief - From Coffee to Carmelites - On Not Understanding God - Waiting for the Vanishing Shed - On Wanting to Compare Wittgenstein and Zen - Authorship and Authenticity: Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein - Advice to Philosophers who are Christians - Religion in Wittgenstein's Mirror - Index

Produkt-Details

• Reihe/Serie: Swansea Studies in Philosophy
• Zusatzinfo: XXI, 259 p.
• Verlagsort: Gordonsville
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 155 x 235 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• ISBN-10: 0-312-12300-0 / 0312123000
• ISBN-13: 978-0-312-12300-0 / 9780312123000
• Zustand: Neuware