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A Philosophical Investigation of Religious Language: A Study of the Identity, Meaning and Semantics of Religious Utterances /

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正題名/作者:	A Philosophical Investigation of Religious Language: A Study of the Identity, Meaning and Semantics of Religious Utterances // David Paul Ellis.
作者:	Ellis, David Paul,
面頁冊數:	1 electronic resource (216 pages)
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 84-03, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International84-03A.
標題:	Yiddish language. -
電子資源:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=29290676
ISBN:	9798845459428

A Philosophical Investigation of Religious Language: A Study of the Identity, Meaning and Semantics of Religious Utterances /
Ellis, David Paul,

A Philosophical Investigation of Religious Language: A Study of the Identity, Meaning and Semantics of Religious Utterances /David Paul Ellis. - 1 electronic resource (216 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 84-03, Section: A.

If we want to critically engage with religious belief then we must thoroughly understand the language which those beliefs are expressed in, and to these ends the study of religious language is a study of the sentences which posit religious entities and properties. The goal of the study is to develop a general account for the meaning of those sentences which appear to be relevant for our understanding of religious belief, and it is therefore expected to include answers to questions about cognitivism, verification, truth-status and referring expressions. However, it is one thing to explain the meaning of a religious sentence and quite another to explain how that sentence is religious, and the contemporary study is more concerned with explaining meaning than classification. This thesis argues that this is a problem which needs to be resolved for the study to progress.The contemporary study should be reminded that it has two components which require equal consideration. The first being the identity of religious language (what makes a language religious, how do we locate them, are they all the same etc.,) and the second being the meaning of religious language (are they cognitive, non-cognitive, literal etc.,) and a robust account for the latter will struggle to remain silent about the former. Indeed, we can only study the meaning of a religious language after identifying one, and this presupposes knowledge about what constitutes as a religious language. The contemporary study does not have a well-established account for what constitutes as a religious language, and this is a problem because the cognitive form of the study depends on 'religious language' being a referring expression for something which is apt for the sort of analysis which is found in discussions about its meaning.This thesis proposes an alternative approach which links the identity and meaning of religious language with our grammatical use of the term 'religious language', and this offers innovative solutions to some central problems. Specifically, it will avoid epistemological problems like the field linguist paradox and the problem of the criterion, it will accommodate for religious and linguistic diversity, it will be mindful of theological views and shown to be more reliable than alternatives like religious realism. The goal of this thesis is not to provide a definitive account for the identity and meaning of religious language, but to identify currently overlooked issues and propose some solutions which have the potential to improve the study and lead towards a more robust account. If successful, this thesis will motivate the study to put discussions about the meaning of religious language on hold, and to pick up and seriously engage in discussions about what religious language is.

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