Epistemic Issues in Non-classical Religious Belief

• Other Authors: Eyghen, Hans Van (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Religion & beliefs; natural theology; spirits; demonology; classical theism; neoclassical theism; process theism; monopolar theism; dipolar theism; Charles Hartshorne; Alfred North Whitehead; Joshua Sijuwade; ghosts; demons; angels; spiritual entities; inference to the best explanation; the scientific method; the criteria of adequacy; methodological naturalism; the supernatural; Satan; metaphysics; gaps-based objections; mental disorders; cognitive science; devil; explanatory reasoning; animism; common consent arguments; disagreement; social epistemology; religious experience; Bengal; ritual; body; sound; affect; drum; dhak; Durga; Shiva; gnoseology; mind; Giordano Bruno; Wang Yangming; colonialism; ethics; South Asia; interpretation; explication; logic; belief; the West; Yoga; dharma; neopagan; pagan; Asatru; soteriology; Axial Age; mythology; Norse; classical Greece; John Hick; Paul Tillich; Mircea Eliade; sacred space; karma; rebirth; merit; transfer of merit; philosophy of religion; Plato; platonic forms; Afro-Brazilian religions; Candomblé; Umbanda; religious practice; religious cognition; embodied paradigm; conceptual metaphor; extended mind; languaging; enactivism
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This Special Issue addresses philosophical questions regarding various non-classical religious beliefs. The contemporary philosophy of religion includes an active and venerable tradition of arguments concerning religious beliefs. While some new approaches address different questions, the vast majori...