Search results for "Philosophy of religion"
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Reliģiski-filozofiski raksti, XXIV
2018
Par labirintiem un Ariadnes pavedienu Labirinta iziešana kā garīgs rituāls daudziem no mums ir svarīgs arī tagadnē. Taču diez vai tas saista mūs ar senā iniciācijas rita nozīmi. Drīzāk mēs šodien saredzam tajā nevis ceļu, kas ved mūs no savas sākotnes zaudēšanas uz tās no jauna atrašanu, bet gan psiholoģisku iespēju kādu brīdi aizmirst par racionālu domāšanu, ļaujoties labirinta centrā esošās dvēseles balsij, citiem vārdiem, bezapzinātā vēstījumam jeb savai intuīcijai, vai gluži otrādi, pārbaudīt savu loģiku un orientēšanās spējas. Iespējams, vēl vienkāršāk – mūsdienu cilvēkam labirints ir vien veids, kā uz brīdi aizmirst par ikdienas stresu. Ne jau velti visbiežāk mūsdienu labirinti ir daļ…
WISING UP: THE EVOLUTION OF NATURAL THEOLOGY
2012
This essay is in response to Professor Celia Deane-Drummond's 2012 Boyle lectures. The first part calls attention to the value and significance of her “sophianic theo-drama hypothesis” for the contemporary engagement between Christian theology and evolutionary science. In a sense, her proposal itself is a religious “adaptation” to changes within an international, interdisciplinary academic environment. The second part of the essay explores the rapidly shrinking “niche” of Christian natural theology and briefly summarizes an alternative set of hypotheses from the biocultural sciences of religion.
Reliģiski-filozofiski raksti, 19
2015
Kā dzīvot civilizāciju sadursmes ēnā? Kā dzīvot, ja tavas civilizācijas vairs nav? No šāda skatupunkta, iespējams, var lasīt arī šos "Reliģiski-filozofiskus rakstus". Par divu civilizāciju sadursmi raksta, piemēram, krievu pētniece Nadežda Beļakova, kuras interešu lokā ir Pareizticīgā baznīca padomju valstī. Vai pakļauties padomju varas noteikumiem un atteikties no savas ticības, vai nostāties tiem pretī, pat tad, ja šai pretestībai ir dzīvības cena? Cits šo "Reliģiski-filozofisku rakstu" autors – Arnis Mazlovskis to nosaucis par izšķiršanos starp determinismu un brīvo gribu. Savukārt, Svetlanas Kovaļčukas apjomīgo rakstu “Parīze – Rīga – Parīze: krievu emigrantu ietekme uz Krievu Studentu …
Jesu oppstandelse og naturlovene
2012
Author's version of an article published in the journal: Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift. Also available from the publisher at: http://www.idunn.no/ts/nft/2012/04/jesu_oppstandelse_og_naturlovene In this article, I defend the possibility of understanding the resurrection of Jesus as an event within the framework of natural laws. In this way, the resurrection is not necessarily contrary to Natural Science or belief in the existence of Natural laws. I offer, at the same time, a critique of one of David Hume's arguments against the belief in miracles. - I denne artikkelen forsøker jeg å åpne opp for den mulighet at Jesu oppstandelse ikke vil innebære et brudd med verken naturlover eller vitenskape…
Reliģiski-filozofiski raksti, 20
2016
Katrā no rakstiem, kas publicēti šajos "Reliģiski-filozofiskos rakstos", šķiet, iespējams saskatīsim gan pagātnes sprostā patvērušos brīvību ar tās apreibinošajās ilūzijām par neatkarību ārpus sprosta, gan nojaust neatrisināmo un reizēm iznīcinošo dilemmu starp gara un reālo pasauli, starp spēli un brīdi, kad spēle beidzas. Piemēram, par pagātnē iesprostotas virtuālās pasaules konstruēšanu, kuras brīvībā izlaušanās mērāma iznīcinātu dzīvību tūkstošos, mums stāsta Māris Kūlis savā rakstā “Islāma valsts propaganda digitālajā laikmetā”. Uzsverot, ka Islāma valsts īstenotais militārais un ārkārtīgi agresīvais džihāds ar vēl nepieredzētām sekmēm ir izveidojis sinkrētisku reliģiskās degsmes un mū…
Computer Modeling in Philosophy of Religion
2019
AbstractHow might philosophy of religion be impacted by developments in computational modeling and social simulation? After briefly describing some of the content and context biases that have shaped traditional philosophy of religion, this article provides examples of computational models that illustrate the explanatory power of conceptually clear and empirically validated causal architectures informed by the bio-cultural sciences. It also outlines some of the material implications of these developments for broader metaphysical and metaethical discussions in philosophy. Computer modeling and simulation can contribute to the reformation of the philosophy of religion in at least three ways: b…
Ceļš: Teoloģisks un kultūrvēsturisks izdevums. Nr.53
2001
Bearing gods in mind and culture
2011
Abstract Where do supernatural agents come from and why do they stay around? Within the biocultural study of religion one finds a growing tendency to answer these questions by weaving together two conceptual threads, which I will refer to as anthropomorphic promiscuity and sociographic prudery. Although descriptions of these theogonic (god-bearing) mechanisms can differ significantly, the theoretical pattern can be recognized in authors from a variety of disciplines. I illustrate this pattern using four books published in 2010: David Lewis-Williams's Conceiving God: The Cognitive Origin and Evolution of Religion, Pascal Boyer's The Fracture of an Illusion: Science and the Dissolution of Rel…
Pragmatist Perspectives on Theological and Religious Realism
2014
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.