Religious Belief as Hinge Proposition
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 20249790 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Wei Lou (0000-0001-6538-2407, Zhejiang University, autor correspondente), Shuo Liu (0000-0001-7825-3006, Zhejiang University) |
| Ano | 2025 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Fascículo | 11 |
| Páginas | 1427 |
| Data de publicação | 2025-11-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Editora | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel16111427 |
| OpenAlex | W4416093721 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 38 |
In On Certainty, Wittgenstein introduces the metaphor of “hinge propositions” to refer to those propositions that must remain certain if a language is to be used meaningfully within a community, such as “the earth has existed long before my birth” or “here is one hand”. This paper argues that religious belief can be understood as a distinctive form of hinge proposition for two reasons. First, if two individuals disagree on hinge propositions, they can be seen as belonging to different forms of life or language. It is impossible for them to understand each other. This is also true with disputes over religious beliefs. Second, for Wittgenstein, religious belief is not a theoretical assertion but a way of living, and therefore disputes over religious beliefs are deeper than any other dispute in ordinary life
Assertion · Metaphor · Proposition · Religious belief · Religious life · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications
Hinge Epistemology
A Companion to Wittgenstein
Extended Rationality
Epistemic Angst
Understanding Wittgenstein’s On Certainty
Externalist Theories of Empirical Knowledge
Cognitivism about religious belief in later Wittgenstein
Between knowledge and certainty
Belief ‘In’ and Belief ‘That’
On Certainty and Religious Belief
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and the Philosophical Investigations
Beliefs, delusions, hinge commitments
I
Wittgenstein-- rules, grammar, and necessity
Religious Belief in the Later Wittgenstein-A 'Form of Life', a 'Hinge', a 'Weltanschauung', Something Else or None of These
Wittgenstein on the Grammar of Unshakeable Religious Beliefs
Against Quasi-Fideism
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
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| Altamente citado | Não |