The Limitation of Truth-Semantics in the Understanding of Religion

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

منو

" The Limitation of Truth-Semantics in the Understanding of Religion "
Lars Albinus

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1077883
Doc. No	:	LA121512
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700682-12341344‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Lars Albinus
Title & Author	:	The Limitation of Truth-Semantics in the Understanding of Religion [Article]\ Lars Albinus
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Method Theory in the Study of Religion
Date	:	2015
Volume/ Issue Number	:	27/4-5
Page No	:	447–474
Abstract	:	While this article salutes attempts to use Donald Davidson’s principles of radical interpretation in the study of religion in order to avoid the pitfalls of correspondence theory of truth, on the one hand, and cultural relativism, on the other, it suggests that an adequate understanding of religion may also take other pragmatic aspects of meaning into account. Buying into Jürgen Habermas’ critique of Davidson, the more specific argument is that a differentiation of validity criteria serves to disclose the restricted role “truth” plays in speech acts. It is also argued that although Richard Rorty’s skepticism towards universal criteria of rationality borders on relativism, he is justified in focusing more radically—along with Robert Brandom—on pragmatic and situational criteria of meaning. Finally, drawing on Wittgenstein’s concept of “perspicuous representation” I suggest an alternate way of coming to grips with meaning potentials in religious ways of life.
Descriptor	:	criteria of validity
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	perspicuous
Descriptor	:	pragmatics
Descriptor	:	radical interpretation
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	representation
Descriptor	:	truth
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700682-12341344‬