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The End of Philosophy of Religion (Hardcover)
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The End of Philosophy of Religion (Hardcover)
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This is an expert examination of the 'meta-philosophy of religion',
exposing the limitations of the analytic method and the need to
embrace a new continental approach. "The End of Philosophy of
Religion" explores the hitherto un-chartered waters of the
'meta-philosophy of religion', that is, the methods and assumptions
underlying the divergent ways of writing and studying the
philosophy of religion that have emerged over the last century. It
is also a first-class study of the weaknesses of the analytic
approach in philosophy, particularly when it is applied to
religious and aesthetic experience.Nick Trakakis' main line of
argument is twofold. Firstly, the Anglo-American analytic tradition
of philosophy, by virtue of its attachment to scientific norms of
rationality and truth, inevitably struggles to come to terms with
the mysterious and transcendent reality that is disclosed in
religious practice. Secondly, and more positively, alternatives to
analytic philosophy of religion are available, not only within the
various schools of so-called Continental philosophy, but also in
explicitly narrative and literary approaches. He argues that
literature (using examples from Dostoyevsky and Kazantzakis) can
often promise greater philosophical insight than what is usually
offered in the purely academic and highly professionalized settings
of contemporary philosophy.Trakakis expertly shows that continental
philosophers do not surrender 'clarity' to analytic philosophy;
emphasising instead that one has to distinguish clarity from rigor,
(being faithful to the phenomena). When things are ambiguous it
distorts them to treat them as if they were clear, but it is
rigorous to respect their ambiguity and to attempt to express them
in words, like a master poet or novelist. "The End of Philosophy of
Religion" proposes that the pervasive analytic approach to the
philosophic study of religion is fraught with limitations, and that
a new continental approach must be embraced if advances are to be
made.
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