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1 online resource (195 pages) |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the promise of pragmatist philosophy of religion - A pragmatist approach to religious realism, objectivity, and recognition - The pragmatic contextuality of scheme (in)dependence - Pragmatism and critical philosophy - Religious truth, acknowledgment, and diversity - The limits of language and harmony - Beyond the theory-practice dichotomy - Conclusion : meaningful and meaningless suffering. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on 10/15/2020). |
| Summary |
Both as a traditional theological issue and in its broader secular varieties, theodicy remains a problem in the philosophy of religion. In this book, Professor Sami Pihlström provides a novel critical reassessment of the theodicy discourse addressing the problem of evil and suffering. He develops an antitheodicist view, arguing that theodicies seeking to render apparently meaningless suffering meaningful or justified from a "God's-Eye-View" ultimately rely on metaphysical realism failing to recognize the individual perspective of the sufferer. Pihlström thus shows that a pragmatist approach to the realism issue in the philosophy of religion is a vital starting point for a re-evaluation of the problem of theodicy. |
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English. |
| Access |
Open Access EbpS |
| Subject |
Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Theodicy.
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Théodicée.
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Western philosophy, from c 1900.
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Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology.
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Ethics & moral philosophy.
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Philosophy of religion.
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PHILOSOPHY / Good & Evil
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Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Theodicy
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pihlström, Sami. Pragmatic realism, religious truth, and antitheodicy : on viewing the world by acknowledging the other. [Helsinki] : HUP, Helsinki University Press, 2020 9789523690042 |
| ISBN |
9523690051 |
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9789523690059 (electronic bk.) |
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9789523690042 (pb) |
| Standard No. |
10.33134/HUP-2 doi |
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AU@ 000066984896 |
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AU@ 000069442899 |
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AU@ 000066786184 |
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AU@ 000074108209 |
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