The demonstrative use of names, and the divine-name co-reference debate
For an account of the reference of divine names, I follow Bogardus and Urban (Faith and Philosophy 34(2):176–200, 2017) in advocating in favour of using Gareth Evans’s causal theory of reference, on which a name refers to the dominant source of information in the name’s “dossier”. However, I argue f...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Nature B. V
2023
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 93, Issue: 2, Pages: 107-120 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Name of God
/ Referenzidentität
/ Christianity
/ Islam
/ Demonstrative pronoun
/ Religious experience
/ Causality
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RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism BJ Islam CA Christianity NBC Doctrine of God VA Philosophy |
Further subjects: | B
Bogardus and Urban
B Demonstratives B Gareth Evans B Burling B Same God |
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Summary: | For an account of the reference of divine names, I follow Bogardus and Urban (Faith and Philosophy 34(2):176–200, 2017) in advocating in favour of using Gareth Evans’s causal theory of reference, on which a name refers to the dominant source of information in the name’s “dossier”. However, I argue further that information about experiences, in which God is simply the object of acquaintance, can dominate the dossier. Thus, this demonstrative use of names offers a promising alternative avenue by which users of the divine names can refer to the same referent despite having different conceptions of God. I also respond to Burling’s (Faith and Philosophy 36(3): 343–371, 2019) worship-worthiness view. |
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ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-022-09855-w |