Postmetaphysical Thinking and the Philosophy of Religion
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Kenneth G MacKendrick
Leiden
Brill
This essay focuses on Chapter Six, "Are Religions Out of Touch with Reality?" of Kevin Schilbrack's Philosophy and the Study of Religion: A Manifesto. Two objections are discussed: the rehabilitation of metaphysics and the concept "unmediated experience." Throughout, Jürgen Habermas's postmetaphysical communicative theoretic is drawn upon to field reasonable alternatives to Schilbrack's proposals. This essay focuses on Chapter Six, "Are Religions Out of Touch with Reality?" of Kevin Schilbrack's Philosophy and the Study of Religion: A Manifesto. Two objections are discussed: the rehabilitation of metaphysics and the concept "unmediated experience." Throughout, Jürgen Habermas's postmetaphysical communicative theoretic is drawn upon to field reasonable alternatives to Schilbrack's proposals.