Philosophy of religion : a contemporary introduction /

Philosophy of religion : a contemporary introduction /

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Author / Creator:Yandell, Keith E., 1938-
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Description:xviii, 406 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Routledge contemporary introductions to philosophy
Subject:
Religion -- Philosophy.
Religions.
Religion -- Philosophy.
Religions.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4146718
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ISBN:0415132134 (hbk)
0415132142 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-399) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Part I. Philosophy and Religion
  • Chapter 2. What is philosophy? What is religion? What is philosophy of religion?
  • Philosophy
  • Objectivity
  • Religion
  • Philosophy of religion
  • Questions for reflection
  • Annotated reading
  • Chapter 3. What sorts of religion are there?
  • Monotheism
  • Advaita Vedanta
  • Jainism
  • Buddhism
  • Comparison
  • The criteria applied
  • Questions for reflection
  • Annotated reading
  • Chapter 4. What sorts of religious experience are there?
  • Structure and content
  • Descriptions
  • Criteria and their application
  • Questions for reflection
  • Annotated reading
  • Chapter 5. The importance of doctrine and the distinctness of religious traditions
  • Doctrine
  • "Truth-claims"
  • Identity
  • Diversity
  • Questions for reflection
  • Annotated reading
  • Chapter 6. Religious pluralism
  • Religious plurality and religious pluralism
  • The content of religious pluralism
  • Some religion-relevant consequences of RP
  • A critical discussion of RP
  • A critical discussion of RP: Part two
  • A critical discussion of RP: Part three
  • Questions for reflection
  • Annotated reading
  • Part II. Religious Conceptions of Ultimate Reality
  • Chapter 7. Monotheistic conceptions of ultimate reality
  • Generic philosophical monotheism
  • Greek monotheism
  • Semitic monotheism
  • Hindu monotheism
  • Monotheisms and atheisms
  • Questions for reflection
  • Annotated reading
  • Chapter 8. Nonmonotheistic conceptions of ultimate reality
  • Advaita Vedanta Hinduism
  • Jainism and Buddhism
  • Conclusion
  • Questions for reflection
  • Annotated reading
  • Part III. Arguments Concerning Monotheistic Conceptions
  • Chapter 9. Arguments against monotheism
  • Three questions
  • The problem of evil
  • Failed escapes
  • The consistency issue
  • The evidential issue
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue
  • Questions for reflection
  • Annotated reading
  • Chapter 10. Arguments for monotheism
  • Proof
  • Logical necessity
  • Purely conceptual proofs and the Ontological Argument
  • Empirical proofs, argument strategies, and principles of sufficient reason
  • Arguments by Thomas Aquinas
  • Questions for reflection
  • Annotated reading
  • Chapter 11. Monotheism and religious experience
  • Phenomenologically thick experiences
  • Experience as direct evidence
  • A principle of experiential evidence
  • Being evidence versus providing evidence
  • The evidential argument from religious experience
  • The principle of experiential evidence applied
  • Questions for reflection
  • Annotated reading
  • Part IV. Arguments Concerning Nonmonotheistic Conceptions
  • Chapter 12. Arguments concerning nonmonotheistic conceptions (1)
  • Appeals to argument and appeals to experience
  • Advaita Vedanta
  • Jainism and Buddhism on persons
  • Identity
  • Personal identity
  • Bundle theory
  • Copiers and annihilators
  • Substance theory
  • Questions for reflection
  • Annotated reading
  • Chapter 13. Arguments concerning nonmonotheistic conceptions (2)
  • Appeals to enlightenment experience
  • Self-authentication
  • Advaita appeal to enlightenment experience
  • Jain-type appeals to experience
  • Buddhist-type appeals to experience
  • The contrasting arguments
  • Questions for reflection
  • Annotated reading
  • Part V. Religion, Morality, Faith, and Reason
  • Chapter 14. Religion and morality
  • Religious values and moral values
  • Deterministic views
  • Compatibilism and incompatibilism
  • The Principle of Alternative Possibilities
  • Divine foreknowledge and human freedom
  • Conclusion
  • Questions for reflection
  • Annotated reading
  • Chapter 15. Faith and reason
  • Faith
  • Knowledge
  • Scientism
  • Propositions
  • The epistemic status of religious belief
  • Robust foundationalism
  • Confirmationism and falsificationism
  • Ways of being falsified
  • Theistic arguments and explanatory power
  • Questions for reflection
  • Annotated reading
  • Glossary
  • Selected great figures in the history of philosophy of religion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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