One and many : rethinking John Hick's pluralism
As its criticisms have revealed, a closer look at the concept of the Real, the thesis of âall experiencing is experiencing-as,â and the criterion of the soteriological transformation have shown some difficulities in John Hickâs pluralistic hypothesis. Focusing on the theory of religious experience contended by Hick, this research explores the Kantian and Wittgensteinian elements of his hypothesis to ease the tension between its metaphysical and epistemological aspects. Since Hickâs hypothesis is based on the doctrines of religions within the Indo-European language group, this research introduces those traditions from outside this group to rethink its criteriology. These two attempts inevitably call for a refined model of Hickâs hypothesis. Both Hickâs hypothesis and the refined model reflect certain understandings of the notion of Religion. Meanwhile, every religious tradition also manifests its various dimensions. This research consequently suggests that the ideal of Religion can be considered in terms of the idea of functional unity and can be taken as the regulative principle to direct any model of religious pluralism, which is subject to be modified when it encounters any âanomaliesâ of
Lee, Yen-Yi
B Philosophy (General) ; BL Religion
One and many : rethinking John Hick's pluralism. As its criticisms have revealed, a closer look at the concept of the Real, the thesis of âall experiencing is experiencing-as,â and the criterion of the soteriological transformation have shown some difficulities in John Hickâs pluralistic hypothesis. Focusing on the theory of religious experience contended by Hick, this research explores the Kantian and Wittgensteinian elements of his hypothesis to ease the tension between its metaphysical and epistemological aspects. Since Hickâs hypothesis is based on the doctrines of religions within the Indo-European language group, this research introduces those traditions from outside this group to rethink its criteriology. These two attempts inevitably call for a refined model of Hickâs hypothesis. Both Hickâs hypothesis and the refined model reflect certain understandings of the notion of Religion. Meanwhile, every religious tradition also manifests its various dimensions. This research consequently suggests that the ideal of Religion can be considered in terms of the idea of functional unity and can be taken as the regulative principle to direct any model of religious pluralism, which is subject to be modified when it encounters any âanomaliesâ of
many rethink john pluralism criticism reveal closer look concept real experience experiencing criterion soteriological transformation show john pluralistic hypothesis focusing theory religious_experience contend explore kantian wittgensteinian element hypothesis ease tension metaphysical epistemological aspect since hypothesis base doctrine religion within indo_european language group introduce tradition outside group rethink attempt inevitably call model hypothesis hypothesis refine model reflect certain understandings notion religion meanwhile every religious_tradition also manifest various dimension consequently suggest ideal religion consider_term idea functional unity take regulative principle direct model religious_pluralism subject modify encounter anomaly