The epistemic benefits of diversifying the philosophy of religion

dc.contributor.authorLougheed, Kirk
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-21T05:07:41Z
dc.date.available2023-04-21T05:07:41Z
dc.date.issued2022-03
dc.description.abstractThere have been recent calls to expand contemporary analytic philosophy of religion beyond the oft implicitly assumed Christian tradition. Instead of exploring moral reasons to expand the discipline, I argue that there are strong epistemic reasons to favour diversifying the philosophy of religion. Increasing diversity is likely to increase disagreement, and there are epistemic benefits to be gained from the existence of disagreement. I argue that such considerations quite clearly apply to the philosophy of religion, and as such that there are epistemic reasons to diversify the field. I conclude by offering a number of practical steps we can take towards achieving this end which are relatively easy to implement.en_US
dc.description.departmentPhilosophyen_US
dc.description.librarianhj2023en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.philosophy-of-religion.eu/index.php/ejpren_US
dc.identifier.citationLougheed, Kirk. 2022. “The Epistemic Benefits of Diversifying the Philosophy of Religion”. European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 14 (1):77-94. https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.2022.3396.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1689-8311
dc.identifier.other10.24204/ejpr.2022.3396
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/90413
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAkademos Pressen_US
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by The PhilPapers Foundationen_US
dc.subjectCognitive diversityen_US
dc.subjectPeer disagreementen_US
dc.subjectPhilosophical progressen_US
dc.titleThe epistemic benefits of diversifying the philosophy of religionen_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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