Informative Discourse and Theology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20312882 |
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| Authors | William L Power (0000-0001-7934-5092, University of Georgia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 21-36 |
| Publication date | 1976-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religious Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4125 • E-ISSN: 1469-901X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034412500008970 |
| OpenAlex | W2155452016 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
It is a fact that human beings attempt to discourse about God. The question is: can they? In this paper I want to discuss the problem of man's endeavour to speak and write meaningfully about God. In the first part of the paper, I will discuss the informative function of language and the conditions under which one can use language intelligibly to communicate information about a particular concrete individual or object. In the second part of the paper, I will attempt to apply my remarks to the problem of discourse about God and to show how God can be understood as a concrete individual by employing the metaphysical categories of C. S. Peirce
Epistemology · Function (biology) · Linguistics · Metaphysics · Object (grammar) · Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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