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Pragmatic Pluralism and the Problem of God
Sami Pihlström
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Hardback. A study of pragmatism and pragmatic pluralism in the philosophy of religion Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Pragmatism mediates rival extremes, and religion is no exception: The problems of realism versus antirealism, evidentialism versus fideism, and science versus religion, along with other key issues in the philosophy of religion, receive new interpretations when examined from a pragmatist point of view. Religion is then understood as a human practice with certain inherent aims and goals, responding to specific human needs and interests, serving certain important human values, and seeking to resolve problematic situations that naturally arise from our practices themselves, especially our need to live with our vulnerability, finitude, guilt, and mortality.
Pragmatism mediates rival extremes, and religion is no exception: The problems of realism versus antirealism, evidentialism versus fideism, and science versus religion, along with other key issues in the philosophy of religion, receive new interpretations when examined from a pragmatist point of view. Religion is then understood as a human practice with certain inherent aims and goals, responding to specific human needs and interests, serving certain important human values, and seeking to resolve problematic situations that naturally arise from our practices themselves, especially our need to live with our vulnerability, finitude, guilt, and mortality.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
American Philosophy
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823251582
SKU
V9780823251582
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About Sami Pihlström
Sami Pihlström is a professor of philosophy of religion at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Reviews for Pragmatic Pluralism and the Problem of God
"... a solid work of scholarship, well-argued and insightful."
-Michael L. Raposa Lehigh University "Pihlstrom does an amazing job of sorting the metaphysical remnants of Kant in James and in the process restores questions of metaphysics to American pragmatism. This excellent work of scholarship calls for a deeper examination of pragmatist metaphysics and its challenge to religion and its ... Read more
-Michael L. Raposa Lehigh University "Pihlstrom does an amazing job of sorting the metaphysical remnants of Kant in James and in the process restores questions of metaphysics to American pragmatism. This excellent work of scholarship calls for a deeper examination of pragmatist metaphysics and its challenge to religion and its ... Read more