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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817867603321

Autore

Woodward Andrew Ralls

Titolo

Adventure in human knowledges and beliefs / / Andrew Ralls Woodward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Hamilton Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7618-6409-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (108 p.)

Disciplina

215

Soggetti

Religion and science

Knowledge, Theory of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Prologue: This Book and Acknowledgments; I: Knowledge or Knowledges? Belief or Beliefs?; 1 The Adventure; 2 Knowledges; 3 Beliefs; 4 Belief as Trust; II: Scientific and Religious People; 5 Religious Language; 6 Some Unexpected Surprises; 7 Faces of Religion / Faces of Science; 8 Knowledge and Belief Communities; III: Adjudicators; 9 Causes and Explanatory Forces; 10 The "Knowledge Bar"; 11 Ancient Forms of Knowledge; 12 The Current Landscape; Epilogue: What Then Is Reality?; Glossary of Strange Sounding Words; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>In </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Adventure in Human Knowledges and Beliefs</span><span>, readers are adjudicators who "measure" the acceptability of knowledges and beliefs. Andrew Ralls Woodward leads readers through an adventure which includes the philosophy of science, religious studies, and theology.</span></span>