Faith after foundationalism / / D.Z. Phillips

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786742103321
• Autore: Phillips D. Z (Dewi Zephaniah)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-135-97816-6; 1-135-97809-3; 0-203-53260-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (550 p.)
• Collana: Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Religion ; ; Volume 29
• Disciplina: 200/.1
• Soggetti: Knowledge, Theory of (Religion); Hermeneutics; Language and languages - Religious aspects - Christianity
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "First published in 1988"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part One: Can There Be A Religious Epistemology?; 1. Foundationalism and Religion: a Philosophical Scandal; 2. The Reformed Challenge to Foundationalism; 3. Preliminary Criticism of the Reformed Challenge; 4. Basic Propositions: Reformed Epistemology and Wittgenstein's On Certainty; 5. Epistemology and Justification by Faith; 6. Religion and Epistemology; 7. A Reformed Epistemology?; 8. Religious and Non-Religious Perspectives; 9. Philosophy, Description and ReligionPart Two: Manners Without Grammar; 10. The Hermeneutic Option; 11. Optional Descriptions?; 12. The Hidden Values of Hermeneutics; 13. The Sociologising of Values; 14. Religion in the Marketplace; Part Three: Grammar and Theology; 15. Grammar and the Nature of Doctrine; 16. Grammar and Doctrinal Disagreement; 17. Grammar Without Foundations; 18. Grammarians and Guardians; Part Four: Religion and Concept-Formation; 19. Epistemological Mysteries; 20. A Place for Mystery; 21. Morality, Grace and Concept-Formation; 22. Religious Concepts: Misunderstanding and Lack of UnderstandingBibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Foundationalism is the view that philosophical propositions are of two kinds, those which need supporting evidence, and those which in themselves provide the evidence which renders them irrefutable. This book, originally published 1988, describes the battle between foundationalism, which places belief in God in the first category, and various other approaches to the problem of faith - 'Reformed Epistemology', hermeneutics; and sociological analysis. In the concluding section of the book, an examination of concept formation in religious belief is used to reinterpret the gap between the expre