Social Domains of Knowledge: Technology, Art, and Religion

This essay asks whether and how a Reformational epistemology should distinguish different types of knowledge within a unified conception of knowledge as a whole. I begin with the thesis that knowledge, in its deepest meaning, is not a thing to possess but a complex relationship to inhabit. It encomp...

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Auteur principal: Zuidervaart, Lambert 1950- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill [2019]
Dans: Philosophia reformata
Année: 2019, Volume: 84, Numéro: 1, Pages: 79-101
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophie de la religion
CF Christianisme et science
KDD Église protestante
VB Herméneutique; philosophie
Sujets non-standardisés:B Hendrik Hart
B Belief
B Espèce
B Technology
B Religion
B Science
B Reformational epistemology
B Knowledge
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Résumé:This essay asks whether and how a Reformational epistemology should distinguish different types of knowledge within a unified conception of knowledge as a whole. I begin with the thesis that knowledge, in its deepest meaning, is not a thing to possess but a complex relationship to inhabit. It encompasses human knowers, practices of knowing, the knowable, known results, guiding principles, and procedures of confirmation. Within this complex relationship, humans achieve insight of various sorts. After briefly distinguishing artistic from scientific knowledge, I examine two other social domains of knowledge, namely, technology and religion. Taking issue with Hendrik Hart, I then argue for the religious legitimacy of propositional beliefs, provided they support genuinely religious knowledge, which is post-propositional. Knowledge, I conclude, takes on distinct contours within different social domains; some of them, like art and technology, provide pre-propositional insight, and others, like religion, offer insight that is post-propositional.
ISSN:2352-8230
Contient:Enthalten in: Philosophia reformata
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/23528230-08401072