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1. 1. Religion – evolutionens missfoster eller kärleksbarn? : Kognitionsvetenskaplig religionsforskning och dess relevans för religiösa trosföreställningars rationalitet

   Författare :Lotta Knutsson Bråkenhielm; Mikael Stenmark; Ulf Zackariasson; Olof Franck; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cognitive Science of Religion; epistemic rationality; religious beliefs; cognitive mechanisms; intuitive and reflective reasoning; minimally counterintuitive concepts; hypersensitive agency detection device; theory of mind; religious naturalness; evolutionary byproduct; false positives; sensus divinitatis; causes and reasons; finite and infinite supernatural agency; Philosophy of Religion; Religionsfilosofi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is on Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR) and its relevance for the rationality of religious beliefs. An epistemical model for rationality is developed according to which: a person (or group of persons) is rational to hold a certain belief a) if this belief can be assumed to have been generated by one or more reliable cognitive mechanisms, b) applies whether or not she is aware of what these mechanisms are, but c) only as long as it does not exist or arise some reasons (defeaters) to question the belief; if they occur, she must d) reflect on it and find other reasons or grounds to hold the belief in question. LÄS MER

3. 2. Forces by Which We Live : Religion and Religious Experience from the Perspective of a Pragmatic Philosophical Anthropology

   Författare :Ulf Zackariasson; Dirk-Martin Grube; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; pragmatism; conception of religion; James; Dewey; Mead; philosophical anthropology; views of life; religious experience; Alston; reflective equilibrium; emotions.; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Philosophy of Religion; Religionsfilosofi;

   Sammanfattning : This study argues that a pragmatic conception of religion would enable philosophers to make important contributions to our ability to handle concrete problems involving religion. The term 'philosophical anthropology', referring to different interpretative frameworks, which philosophers draw on to develop conceptions of human phenomena, is introduced. LÄS MER

4. 3. Beyond Belief : On the Nature and Rationality of Agnostic Religion

   Författare :Carl-Johan Palmqvist; Teoretisk filosofi; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Agnosticism; Non-Doxastic Religion; Religious Fictionalism; Natural Theology; Religion and Rationality; Faith; Hope;

   Sammanfattning : AbstractIt is standardly assumed that a religious commitment needs to be based upon religious belief, if it is to be rationally acceptable. In this thesis, that assumption is rejected. I argue for the feasibility of belief-less religion, with a focus on the approach commonly known as “non-doxasticism”. LÄS MER

5. 4. Foundations for knowing God : Bernard Lonergan's foundations for knowledge of God and the challenge from antifoundationalism

   Författare :Ulf Jonsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; B Lonergan; knowledge of God; foundationalism; antifoundationalism; cognitional theory; epistemic justification; transcendental method; basic beliefs; religious experience; Aquinas; Aristotle; H Putnam; R Rorty; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Philosophy of Religion; religionsfilosofi;

   Sammanfattning : This study deals with the theory of knowledge of God elaborated by the Canadian theologian and philosopher Bernard Lonergan (1904-1984). Lonergan's theory of knowledge of God, or his "philosophy of God", has already been the subject-matter of a number of doctoral dissertations. LÄS MER

7. 5. Romans Interpreted : A Comparative Analysis of the Commentaries of Barth, Nygren, Cranfield and Wilckens on Paul´s Epistle to the Romans

   Författare :Cristina Grenholm; Karlstads universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Interpretation; Romans; Barth; Nygren; Cranfield; Wilckens; Religious Studies and Theology; Religionsvetenskap; Genusvetenskap; Gender Studies; Religion Theology;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the problem of how to explain different interpretations of Paul's Epistle to the Romans in the four contemporary commentaries of Karl Barth, Anders Nygren, Charles Cranfield and Ulrich Wilckens. The purpose of this study is to put forward and analyse the different interpretations given by the commentators and to examine some ways in which these differences may be explained. LÄS MER