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Religion and Friendly Fire Examining Assumptions in Contemporary Philosophy of Religion
By D.Z. Phillips
Copyright 2004
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
191 Pages
by
Routledge
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In locating friendly fire in contemporary philosophy of religion, D.Z. Phillips shows that more harm can be done to religion by its philosophical defenders than by its philosophical despisers. Friendly fire is the result of an uncritical acceptance of empiricism, and Phillips argues that we need to examine critically the claims that individual consciousness is the necessary starting point from... Read more
Contents: Preface; Philosophical method and friendly fire; The Cartesian circle of friends; Propositioning the friends; Must truths tally?; Saying scripture; On trusting intellectuals on trust; Who'll save the soul?; Saying more than we know; Saying less than we know; Index.
Biography
D.Z. Phillips is Danforth Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Claremont Graduate University, USA and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Wales, Swansea, UK.
’In Religion and Friendly Fire, D.Z. Phillips returns to philosophical questions that have occupied him throughout his career. What makes this book unique and provocative is the way in which these questions are brought together under the theme of what Phillips calls 'friendly fire', which he describes as 'the possibility that harm can be done to religious beliefs by the very philosophical analyses which set out to defend them'.’ Philosophical Investigations
