Hewitt, S orcid.org/0000-0003-2720-4428 (2019) Elucidating the Eucharist. International Journal of Philosophy and Theology, 80 (3). pp. 272-286. ISSN 2169-2327
Abstract
The doctrine of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist presents a particular challenge to its defenders: how is it so much as intelligible? This paper explores Dummett’s response to this question, centred on the notion of deeming. Whilst instructive, Dummett’s position is unsustainable as it stands, since it fails to secure the meaningfulness of the doctrine. Once deeming is brought together with an account of bodiliness and an appreciation of the nature of the Eucharist as a meal, however, the way is open to demonstrating the intelligibility of the doctrine. This is a prerequisite even for its rejection as false.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018, International Journal of Philosophy and Theology. This is an author produced version of an article published in the International Journal of Philosophy and Theology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Eucharist; Dummett; Wittgenstein; transubstantiation; philosophy of religion; Aquinas; Herbert McCabe |
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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: | 02 May 2018 16:12 |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2020 01:41 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/21692327.2018.1486224 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:130272 |