Is God an Aspect?

SU Dechao

Front. Philos. China ›› 2012, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (2) : 284-303.

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Front. Philos. China ›› 2012, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (2) : 284-303. DOI: 10.3868/s030-001-012-0017-7
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Is God an Aspect?

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Neither logical deduction nor empirical induction is capable of mediating the dispute between religious disciples and non-disciples. The case is particularly acute when it comes to the divine Reality (God). Within Wittgenstein’s theoretical framework, some scholars start from the perspective of language games, contending that this dispute is meaningless and should be abandoned, while others are not satisfied with such a settlement and extend Wittgenstein’s aspect theory to religious issues, arguing that God is an aspect. The extension includes analogous and theoretical extensions. This article will show that even if these two extensions are successful, their interpretations with regard to the disputes between religious disciples and non-disciples are not convincing. Worse still, the extension from aspect theory to religious issues is by no means successful in proving that God is an aspect.

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aspect / seeing-as / religious doubt / religious defense / religious reality / religious pluralism

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SU Dechao. Is God an Aspect?. Front Phil Chin, 2012, 7(2): 284‒303 https://doi.org/10.3868/s030-001-012-0017-7

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