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Pragmatist Perspectives on Theological and Religious Realism

Sami Pihlström

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Pragmatismmedia_common.quotation_subjectPhilosophyModel-dependent realismReligious studiesScientific realismDirect and indirect realismEpistemologyPhilosophyCritical realism (philosophy of perception)TheologyPhilosophical realismRealismPhilosophy of religionmedia_common

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This essay first applies the general issue of realism vs. antirealism to theology and the philosophy of religion, distinguishing between several different ‘levels’ of the realism dispute in this context. A pragmatic approach to the problem of realism regarding religion and theology is sketched and tentatively defended. The similarities and differences of scientific realism, on the one hand, and religious and/or theological realism, on the other hand, are thereby also illuminated. The concept of recognition is shown to be crucially relevant to the issue of realism especially in its pragmatist articulation.

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2014-03-21European Journal for Philosophy of Religion
https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v6i1.190