Faith and Philosophy
2003
Kai Man Kwan, The Society Of Christian Philosophers
3 citations
In contemporary philosophy of religion, many philosophers, e.g., William Alston, argue that we should treat religious experiences as prima facie reliable unless we have reasons to doubt them.I call this a Critical Trust Approach to religious experience.John Hick and Michael Martin have argued that this approach is incompatible with a particularist solution to the problem of religious...
Faith and Philosophy
1996
Peter Forrest, The Society Of Christian Philosophers
3 citations
In this paper I compare two versions of non-eliminative physicalism (reductive physicalism and supervenience physicalism) with four of the five theses of classical theism: divine non-contingency, divine transcendence, divine simplicity, and the aseity thesis.I argue that: 1.Both physicalism (either version) and classical theism require intuitiontranscending identifications of some properties or...
Faith and Philosophy
1995
D. Z. Phillips, The Society Of Christian Philosophers
St. Teresa worried over the genuineness of her mystical experience.Her worries have sense within a form of life.Pike argues that her claims must be downgraded if no justification of the form of life can be given.The Devil could deceive us about any justification, Mavrodes argues, but certain experiences can be self-authenticating.Treating forms of life as though they were interpretations, Katz...
Faith and Philosophy
1988
Robert K. C. Forman, The Society Of Christian Philosophers
6 citations
Capitalizing on the constructivist approach developed by philosophers and psychologists, Steven Katz argues that mystical experience is in part constructed, shaped and colored by the concepts and beliefs which the mystic brings to it.Merits and problems of this constructivist account of mysticism are discussed.The approach is seen to be ill-suited to explain the novelties and surprises for...
Faith and Philosophy
1986
Laura Westra, The Society Of Christian Philosophers
2 citations
William James states "Immortality is one of the great spiritual needs of man," yet the arguments presented in his LECTURE ON IMMORTALITY, while interesting and ingenious, are somewhat less than conclusive in proving that human beings can survive bodily death.Therefore I attempt to clarity the notion of "individual survivor" through an analysis and discussion of various approaches to the...
Faith and Philosophy
1985
Anthony N. Perovich, The Society Of Christian Philosophers
Jerry H. Gill seeks 1 to clarify, reinforce, and extend some of the epistemological claims of Steven Katz regarding mysticism;2 his most notable success, however, consists in revealing the limitations of the position both he and Katz defend, llimitations that lead at times to incoherence.The following discussion begins with a preliminary statement of this incoherence, explaining how the use of...