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Language, truth, and religious belief : studies in twentieth-century theory and method in religion / edited by Nancy K. Frankenberry, Hans H. Penner.

Contributor(s): Frankenberry, Nancy, 1947- | Penner, Hans H, 1934-2012
Material type: TextTextSeries: Texts and translations series (American Academy of Religion): no. 19.Publisher: Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press, 1999Description: xiii, 533 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0788505408 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Religion -- Philosophy | Religion -- MethodologyDDC classification: 210 LOC classification: BL51 | .L354 1999Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Language, truth and logic / A. J. Ayer -- Are religious statements meaningful? / E. D. Klemke -- The reality of God / Paul Tillich -- Professor Tillich's confusions / Paul Edwards -- Religion: problems of definition and explanation / Melford Spiro -- Religion as a cultural system / Clifford Geertz -- Geertz's longlasting moods, motivations, and metaphysical conceptions / Nancy K. Frankenberry and Hans H. Penner -- What's wrong with functional explanations / Hans H. Penner -- On the very idea of a conceptual scheme / Donald Davidson -- The myth of the subjective / Donald Davidson -- Religious belief / Ludwig Wittgenstein -- The groundlessness of belief / Norman Malcolm -- Understanding a primitive society / Peter Winch -- Professor Winch on safari / Robin Horton -- Pragmatism, Davidson, and truth / Richard Rorty -- In what sense are religions conceptual frameworks? / Terry Godlove -- Why does semantics matter? / Hans H. Penner -- Pragmatism, truth, and the disenchantment of subjectivity / Nancy K. Frankenberry.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BL51 .L354 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182902087465

Includes bibliographical references.

Language, truth and logic / A. J. Ayer -- Are religious statements meaningful? / E. D. Klemke -- The reality of God / Paul Tillich -- Professor Tillich's confusions / Paul Edwards -- Religion: problems of definition and explanation / Melford Spiro -- Religion as a cultural system / Clifford Geertz -- Geertz's longlasting moods, motivations, and metaphysical conceptions / Nancy K. Frankenberry and Hans H. Penner -- What's wrong with functional explanations / Hans H. Penner -- On the very idea of a conceptual scheme / Donald Davidson -- The myth of the subjective / Donald Davidson -- Religious belief / Ludwig Wittgenstein -- The groundlessness of belief / Norman Malcolm -- Understanding a primitive society / Peter Winch -- Professor Winch on safari / Robin Horton -- Pragmatism, Davidson, and truth / Richard Rorty -- In what sense are religions conceptual frameworks? / Terry Godlove -- Why does semantics matter? / Hans H. Penner -- Pragmatism, truth, and the disenchantment of subjectivity / Nancy K. Frankenberry.

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