Philosophy of Religion Research

Epistemological Foundations of Hick’s Theory of Pluralism

Document Type : Original Research

Author

Assistant professor of Philosophy and Kalam at Faculty of Theology, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Borrowing the conceptn of “ seeing as ” from Wittgenstain and Kant’s distinction between nomenon and phenomenon , Jhon Hick distinguishs between “ reality in itself ” and “ reality for perceiver ” . Reality in itself is God in real world and reality for perceiver is the very image that every religion offers of God . This distinction is the most important epistemological foundation of Hick’s theory of religious pluralism . It seems that the theory of perception and theory of justification in Hick’s theory of religious pluralism are vague .

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Philosophy of Religion Research
Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
November 2004
Pages 35-54