Burley, M orcid.org/0000-0002-7446-3564 (2019) Religious Diversity and Conceptual Schemes: Critically Appraising Internalist Pluralism. Sophia, 58 (2). pp. 283-299. ISSN 0038-1527
Abstract
Is a philosophical theory needed to ‘underwrite’ attitudes of toleration and respect in a multicultural and religiously diverse world? Many philosophers of religion have thought so, including Victoria Harrison. This article interrogates Harrison’s theory of internalist pluralism, which, though offering a welcome alternative to other theories, such as John Hick’s ‘pluralistic hypothesis’, nevertheless faces problems. Questioning the coherence of the theory’s account of how the existence of objects of worship can avoid being fully conceptual-scheme dependent, and raising doubts about its pretensions to promote interreligious harmony, I also critically discuss the common philosophical tendency to work with under-described and insufficiently analysed examples. What philosophy ought to be able to offer in relation to religious diversity, I propose, is attentiveness to nuances and particularities, thereby aiding religious understanding without the need for a general theory.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018, The Author(s). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
Keywords: | Religious diversity; Internalist pluralism; Conceptual schemes; Victoria Harrison; Interreligious disagreement |
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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) > Theology and Religious Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Jan 2018 15:59 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2023 22:41 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11841-018-0637-x |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:125732 |
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