Le Poidevin, RD orcid.org/0000-0002-7185-9440 (2016) Playing the God game: the perils of religious fictionalism. In: Buckareff, A and Nagasawa, Y, (eds.) Alternative Concepts of God: Essays on the Metaphysics of the Divine. Oxford University Press , Oxford , pp. 178-191. ISBN 9780198722250
Abstract
To what extend can someone who treat religious discourse as fictional discourse live a religious life, that is, one that is informed by that discourse? To what extent can they be integrated into a religious community in which the realist approach is dominant, or at least significantly represented? This paper explores both the possibilities and limitations, of religious fictionalism, and compares it with other non-realist approaches. Finally, a certain kind of agnostic position is presented, one which has something in common with fictionalism, and it is suggested that this latter position may offer the best way of combining religious engagement with a retreat from traditional realism.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016, The Author. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Alternative Concepts of God: Essays on the Metaphysics of the Divine. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | religious realism; agnosticism; fictionalism; prayer |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 Nov 2016 13:36 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2018 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198722250.0... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198722250.003.0011 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:108409 |