Truth and Belief Interpretation and Critique of the Analytical Theor
The task of the following considerations is the elucidation of the relationship of religion to thought. Every philosophical investigation with this task proceeds under the expectation that it will take into account religious self-understanding. Herein lie
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STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION Volume 14
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN PHILOSOPHY Volume 6
The titles published in these series are listed at the end a/this volume.
TRUTH AND BELIEF Interpretation and Critique of the Analytical Theory of Religion
by
HEIMO E. M. HOFMEISTER University of Heidelberg, Federal Republic ofGermnany
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KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS DORDRECHT / BOSTON / LONDON
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data HJfmelster, Heimo. [Wahrheit und Glaube. Engl ish] Truth and belief interpretation and critique of the analytical theory of religion ! b~ Heimo E.M. Hofmeister. p. cm. -- (Studies in phi losophy and rei igion ; 14) Translation of, Wahrheit und Glaube. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7923-0976-6 (alk. paper) 1. Rei igion--Philosophy--History--20th century. 2. Analysis iPhilosophy) 3. Philosophy and religion. 1. Title. II. Series, Stu die sin phi los 0 Ph Y and rei i g ion (Ma r tin usN i j hoff Pu b lis her s) ; v. 14. BL51.H73513 1990 200' . l--dc20 90-47433
TSBN-13: 978-94-010-7465-0
DOT: 10.1007/978-94-009-2145-0
e- TSBN-13: 978-94-009-2145-0
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BOOK INFORMATION With kind permission of Oldenbourg Verlag, Wien/Miinchen/Salzburg. Translated form the German Wahrheit und Glaube.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Series Editor's Preface
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FOREWORD
9
PREFACE
11
I. The Linguistic Veto
15
1. Philosophy as scientific theory
15
a) The Hidden Dialectic of the Fonn and Content of Propositions b) The Requirement of Verification and the Relationship of Proposition and Reality
20
2. The verification problem and religious language in Wittgenstein's early work
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a) Conceming the Relationship between Propositional Reality and the Concept of the Mystical b) Rejecting the Claim of Truth for Religious Statements
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3. The interpretation of religious statements as basic-propostitions and "quoque tu argument"
28
4. Syntactics, semantics, and pragmatics
35
5. Philosophy as linguistic-analysis
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a) Wittgenstein's Annulment of the Linguistic Veto b) Linguistic Pragmatism and the Religious Language Game
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II. On the
