Religions and Languages
A Colloquium
Will be published approx. on 1. October 1991
Book
Hardback
XII, 165 pages
978-0-8204-1695-3 (ISBN)
Description
When philosophers of religion address the special problems of religious language they often restrict their scope to semantics, the English language, and the Christian tradition. The essays and discussions in this volume extend those frontiers to include syntactical and performative issues, a global perspective on cultural and religious diversity, and Continental as well as Anglo-American methodologies. The result is a ground-breaking new look at the logic and functions of «speaking religiously». Colloquium participants include Bruce S. Alton, John Burbidge, Leslie Dewart, Donald D. Evans, Bimal Matilal, John Robertson, and Kenneth Schmitz.
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Person
The Editor: Bruce S. Alton received his Ph.D. in philosophy at Stanford University. He has taught philosophy at Lake Forest College, Illinois, and is currently on the faculty of the University of Toronto in the department of religious studies. His published articles are on methodology in the study of religion, and on self-deception. He is currently completing a book on religion and self-deception.
Content
Contents: Experience and language - Usage and discourse - Speech and consciousness - Motivated irrationality - The hermeneutics of dialogue - Logic and language - Philosophers on mysticism.