Semantics and the Study of Religion

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" Semantics and the Study of Religion "
G. Scott Davis

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1077939
Doc. No	:	LA121568
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700682-12341425‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	G. Scott Davis
Title & Author	:	Semantics and the Study of Religion [Article]\ G. Scott Davis
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Method Theory in the Study of Religion
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	30/4-5
Page No	:	378–401
Abstract	:	This essay argues that the approach to meaning articulated by Donald Davidson supplies all the student of religion needs to know about this subject. By focusing on interpretation as understood by Davidson, we can understand, for example, the beliefs and practices of a people such as the Dogon of Mali. By adding to this the evidence of ethnography and history, students of religion can give a compelling account of change and adjudicate between competing analyses. This essay argues that the approach to meaning articulated by Donald Davidson supplies all the student of religion needs to know about this subject. By focusing on interpretation as understood by Davidson, we can understand, for example, the beliefs and practices of a people such as the Dogon of Mali. By adding to this the evidence of ethnography and history, students of religion can give a compelling account of change and adjudicate between competing analyses.
Descriptor	:	Davidson
Descriptor	:	Dogon
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	Godlove
Descriptor	:	pragmatism
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	semantics
Descriptor	:	truth
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700682-12341425‬