Why Truth Matters for the Study of Religion:

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" Why Truth Matters for the Study of Religion: "
Mark Q. Gardiner

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1077940
Doc. No	:	LA121569
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700682-12341426‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Mark Q. Gardiner
Title & Author	:	Why Truth Matters for the Study of Religion: [Article] : A Defense of a Truth-Conditional Semantics\ Mark Q. Gardiner
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Method Theory in the Study of Religion
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	30/4-5
Page No	:	402–424
Abstract	:	Truth-conditional semantics holds that the meaning of a linguistic expression is a function of the conditions under which it would be true. This seems to require limiting meaningfulness to linguistic phenomena for which the question of truth or falsity is relevant. Criticisms have been raised that there are vast swatches of meaningful language that are simply not truth-related, with religion representing a particularly rich and prevalent source. I argue that if the concept of truth as used in a truth-conditional semantics is understood in ways other than correspondence to fact, there are suitable reformulations of a truth-conditional semantics that may be appropriate for understanding religion. I further argue that these reformulations offer considerable methodological advantages to the scholar of religion. Truth-conditional semantics holds that the meaning of a linguistic expression is a function of the conditions under which it would be true. This seems to require limiting meaningfulness to linguistic phenomena for which the question of truth or falsity is relevant. Criticisms have been raised that there are vast swatches of meaningful language that are simply not truth-related, with religion representing a particularly rich and prevalent source. I argue that if the concept of truth as used in a truth-conditional semantics is understood in ways other than correspondence to fact, there are suitable reformulations of a truth-conditional semantics that may be appropriate for understanding religion. I further argue that these reformulations offer considerable methodological advantages to the scholar of religion.
Descriptor	:	Davidson
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	interpretation
Descriptor	:	meaning
Descriptor	:	religion
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	semantics
Descriptor	:	truth
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700682-12341426‬