{"product_id":"the-epistemology-of-religious-experience-hardback-9780521374262","title":"The Epistemology of Religious Experience (Hardback) 9780521374262","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Epistemology of Religious Experience\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book addresses fundamental questions in the philosophy of religion.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKeith E. Yandell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521374262, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 February 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm, 0.708 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Yandell's main premise is that religious beliefs and doctrines are not exempt from critical examination by analytical philosopher; rather, they should receive the same degree of critical examination which secular beliefs and doctrines attract. The intricate thread of his argument testifies to the validity of this core premise … deserves to be read by anyone interested in the analysis of religious experience.'  Victoria S. Harrison, Heythrop Journal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book addresses fundamental questions in the philosophy of religion. Can religious experience provide evidence for religious belief? If so, how? Keith Yandell argues against the notion that religious experience is ineffable, while advocating the view that strong numinous experience provides some evidence that God exists. He contends that social science and other non-religious explanations of religious belief and experience do not cancel out the evidential force of religious experience. The core of Yandell's argument concerns the formulation and application of an appropriate principle of experimental evidence. A final chapter considers the relevance of nonexperimental, conceptual issues. An attractive feature of the book is that it does not confine its attention to any one religious cultural tradition, but tracks the nature of religious experience across different traditions in both the East and the West.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: is our task impossible or impolite?\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Experimental Data: 1. Religious experience, 'East' and 'West'\u003cbr\u003e Some basic epistemological concepts\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Challenge from Ineffability: 3. The outlines of ineffability\u003cbr\u003e ineffability relative to particular languages\u003cbr\u003e 5. Reasons in ineffability's favour\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Social Science Challenge: 6. Nonepistemic explanation of belief\u003cbr\u003e 7. Non-religious explanation of religious belief\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Religious Challenge: 8. Self-authentication and verification\u003cbr\u003e 9. Religious practices and experimential confirmation\u003cbr\u003e Part V. The Argument from Religious Experience: 10. The argument in twentieth-century philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 11. The principle of experimential evidence\u003cbr\u003e 12. The argument triumphant\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Enlightenment and Conceptual Experience: 13. Are enlightenment experiences evidence for religious beliefs? 14. Conceptual experience and religious belief.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy of religion [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of religion\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20religion%20%5BHRAB%5D%22\"\u003eHRAB\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007151657240,"sku":"9780521374262","price":79.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521374262i_d1111ae6-d5a9-4d9a-af33-92723fbb2a58.jpg?v=1691376002","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-epistemology-of-religious-experience-hardback-9780521374262","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}