Religions, truth, and the pursuit of truth: a reply to Zamulinski
This paper provides a comment on Brian Zamulinski's article in Religious Studies, 39 (2003), 43-60. Contrary to Zamulinski's claim that religions are not truth-oriented but function as fictions, it is contended that they could not serve the purpose he assigns them unless their adherents re...
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| description | This paper provides a comment on Brian Zamulinski's article in Religious Studies, 39 (2003), 43-60. Contrary to Zamulinski's claim that religions are not truth-oriented but function as fictions, it is contended that they could not serve the purpose he assigns them unless their adherents regarded them as true. Religions must therefore be truth-oriented. The substantive question is whether any of them are true, and Zamulinski's paper provides no new method for addressing this question. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:04a33412-6278-4220-b7b8-57f92444bb692022-03-26T08:52:48ZReligions, truth, and the pursuit of truth: a reply to ZamulinskiJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:04a33412-6278-4220-b7b8-57f92444bb69PhilosophyEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetCambridge University Press2004Mawson, TThis paper provides a comment on Brian Zamulinski's article in Religious Studies, 39 (2003), 43-60. Contrary to Zamulinski's claim that religions are not truth-oriented but function as fictions, it is contended that they could not serve the purpose he assigns them unless their adherents regarded them as true. Religions must therefore be truth-oriented. The substantive question is whether any of them are true, and Zamulinski's paper provides no new method for addressing this question. |
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| title | Religions, truth, and the pursuit of truth: a reply to Zamulinski |
| title_full | Religions, truth, and the pursuit of truth: a reply to Zamulinski |
| title_fullStr | Religions, truth, and the pursuit of truth: a reply to Zamulinski |
| title_full_unstemmed | Religions, truth, and the pursuit of truth: a reply to Zamulinski |
| title_short | Religions, truth, and the pursuit of truth: a reply to Zamulinski |
| title_sort | religions truth and the pursuit of truth a reply to zamulinski |
| topic | Philosophy |
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