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UNINA9910455496303321 |
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Titolo |
Wittgenstein and philosophy of religion / / edited by Robert L. Arrington and Mark Addis |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-60281-2 |
1-280-15743-7 |
0-203-46258-0 |
0-203-25164-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (204 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ArringtonRobert L. <1938-> |
AddisMark |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Religion - Philosophy |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Contributors; Editors' introduction; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; The gospel according to Wittgenstein; Wittgenstein and magic; Wittgenstein, religious belief, and On Certainty; Creation, causality, and freedom of the will; Faith: themes from Wittgenstein, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche; D.Z.Phillips' fideism in Wittgenstein's mirror; Wittgensteinian religion and 'reformed' epistemology; Wittgenstein and the interpretation of religious discourse; Wittgenstein and Wittgensteinians on religion; 'Theology as grammar': Wittgenstein and some critics; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An exciting introduction to the contribution which the later Wittgenstein made to the philosophy of religion. Although his writings on the subject have been few, Wittgenstein developed influential and controversial theories on both religion (and magic) which emphasize the distinctive nature of religious discourse and how this nature can be misunderstood when viewed in direct competition with science.The contributors of this collection shed new light on the perennial debate |
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