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Wittgenstein within the Philosophy of Religion

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Authors:
  1. Thomas D. Carroll

    1. Xing Wei College, People’s Republic of China

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: On Reading Wittgenstein on Religion

    • Thomas D. Carroll
    Pages 1-12

  3. Problems of Interpretive Authority in Wittgenstein’s Corpus

    • Thomas D. Carroll
    Pages 13-40

  4. Wittgenstein, Biography, and Religious Identity

    • Thomas D. Carroll
    Pages 41-68

  5. A History of Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Religion

    • Thomas D. Carroll
    Pages 69-100

  6. The Traditions of Fideism

    • Thomas D. Carroll
    Pages 101-122

  7. On ‘Fideism’ as an Interpretive Category

    • Thomas D. Carroll
    Pages 123-146

  8. Religions, Epistemic Isolation, and Social Trust

    • Thomas D. Carroll
    Pages 147-170

  9. Wittgenstein’s Ethic of Perspicuity and the Philosophy of Religion

    • Thomas D. Carroll
    Pages 171-186

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 187-209
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About this book

The commonly held view that Wittgensteinian philosophy of religion is fideistic loses plausibility when contrasted with recent scholarship on Wittgenstein's corpus and biography. This book reevaluates the place of Wittgenstein in the philosophy of religion and charts a path forward for the subfield by advancing three themes.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Xing Wei College, People’s Republic of China

    Thomas D. Carroll

About the author

Thomas D. Carroll is Professor of Philosophy at Xing Wei College in Shanghai, China.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Wittgenstein within the Philosophy of Religion

  • Authors: Thomas D. Carroll

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137407900

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-40789-4Published: 15 July 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-48827-8Published: 22 February 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-40790-0Published: 08 July 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 209

  • Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Analytic Philosophy, Metaphysics

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