Byerly, T.R. orcid.org/0000-0002-0702-1790 (2021) Recovering a role for moral character and ascetic practice in religious epistemology. Res Philosophica, 98 (2). pp. 161-179. ISSN 2168-9105
Abstract
Moral character and ascetic practice have not been major themes in contemporary analytic religious epistemology, but they have been major themes in the religious epistemologies of several influential historical figures, including the medieval Islamic philosopher al-Ghazalı. This article will be concerned with the place of moral character and ascetic practice in both al-Ghazalı’s religious epistemology and in contemporary analytic religious epistemology. By reading al-Ghazalı alongside contemporary work, I aim to highlight some fruitful ideas about how moral character and ascetic practice could play important roles in religious epistemology. I argue that the exploration of these ideas may be enriched via engagement with recent developments in mainstream epistemology and virtue theory, pointing toward future avenues for such work.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Philosophy Documentation Center. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Res Philosophica. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | al- Ghazâlî; religious epistemology; moral character; asceticism; moral encroachment |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Philosophy (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 21 May 2021 06:30 |
Last Modified: | 21 May 2021 06:30 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Philosophy Department, Saint Louis University |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.11612/RESPHIL.2039 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:174425 |