Experience and Explanation: The Justification of Cognitive Claims in Theology

Abstract. The justification of cognitive claims in theology can be dealt with adequately only if the epistemological issues of metaphorical reference, experiential adequacy, and explanatory progress are seen as crucial problems for the more encompassing problem of rationality in theology. In order t...

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Auteur principal: Van Huyssteen, J. Wentzel 1942-2022 (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Wiley-Blackwell 1988
Dans: Zygon
Année: 1988, Volume: 23, Numéro: 3, Pages: 247-260
Sujets non-standardisés:B epistemic values
B epistemological and experiential adequacy
B Reference
B explanatory progress
B approximate truth
B qualified critical realism
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Résumé:Abstract. The justification of cognitive claims in theology can be dealt with adequately only if the epistemological issues of metaphorical reference, experiential adequacy, and explanatory progress are seen as crucial problems for the more encompassing problem of rationality in theology. In order to guarantee any claim to reality depiction the theologian will have to argue for a plausible theory of reference on the basis of interpreted religious experience. In this discussion important analogies between the rationality of theological theorizing and the rationality of science are revealed.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contient:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1988.tb00631.x