A Comparative Doxastic-Practice Epistemology of Religious Experience
This book takes a theoretical enterprise in Christian philosophy of religion and applies it to Buddhism, thus defending Buddhism and presenting it favorably in comparison. Chapters explore how the claims of both Christianity and Theravada Buddhism rest o
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Mark Owen Webb
A Comparative Doxastic-Practice Epistemology of Religious Experience
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Mark Owen Webb
A Comparative Doxastic-Practice Epistemology of Religious Experience
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Mark Owen Webb Department of Philosophy Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX USA
ISBN 978-3-319-09455-7 ISBN 978-3-319-09456-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-09456-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2014946393 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © The Author(s) 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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Acknowledgments
This work has benefited from the advice and criticism of a great many people. Some of the main arguments go back to my doctoral dissertation, written under the brilliant William P. Alston. It is not hard to see his influence, direct and indirect, in many ways, on every page. The manuscript grew with the help of my Philosophy of Religion seminar students at Texas Tech University, and was changed in direct response to comments by Arezoo Islami, Whitney Jacobs, Sudeep Simkhada, Deanna Smith, and Philip Zema. Christopher Hom provided detailed, helpful advice on Chap. 2 in particular. I am als
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