Hewitt, S orcid.org/0000-0003-2720-4428 (2018) Theism and Realism: A Match Made in Heaven? European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 10 (4). pp. 27-53. ISSN 1689-8311
Abstract
There is no interesting entailment either way between theism and various forms of realism. Taking its cue from Dummett’s characterisation of realism and his discussion of it with respect to theistic belief, this paper argues both that theism does not follow from realism, and that God cannot be appealed to in order to secure bivalence for an otherwise indeterminate subject matter. In both cases, significant appeal is made to the position that God is not a language user, which in turn is motivated by an account of understanding as aptitude possession. The resulting picture sits comfortably with the apophatism common within living religious traditions and with the view that the philosophy of religion ought to reorientate itself away from metaphysics towards more practical questions.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This article is protected by copyright. This is an author produced version of a paper published in the European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | philosophy of religion; realism; anti-realism; dummett; apophaticism |
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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: | 13 Apr 2018 11:32 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jan 2019 09:22 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | European Journal for Philosophy of Religion |
Identification Number: | 10.24204/ejpr.v10i4.2042 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:129552 |