Wittgenstein and the Epistemology of Religion

Duncan Pritchard , Nuno Venturinha 지음

Wiley-Blackwell 2026년 01월 07일 출간

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Illuminates Wittgenstein’s religious epistemology—bridging faith, reason, and cultural understanding across disciplines Wittgenstein and the Epistemology of Religion offers the first comprehensive exploration of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophy of religion through an explicitly epistemological lens. Fourteen newly commissioned essays from leading and emerging scholars examine how Wittgenstein’s later thought, especially his descriptive and grammatical methods, provides tools for understanding religious belief, practice, and diversity. This singular volume situates Wittgenstein within debates over cognitivism, non-cognitivism, and fideism, while also considering his subtle anthropological and ethnological insights into religion as a form of life. Structured in five parts, Wittgenstein and the Epistemology of Religion traces key themes that range from the tension between faith and reason to the role of evidence in religious life. Contributors engage with seminal figures such as Locke, Kierkegaard, James, and Malinowski to illuminate how Wittgenstein challenges scientific reductionism and opens new ways of understanding the lived experience of belief. The essays reveal how questions of meaning, context, and practice underpin the epistemic evaluation of religious commitments, as well as how Wittgenstein’s approach helps clarify conflicts that lack a shared evidential framework. Combining historical sensitivity, conceptual rigor, and contemporary application, this landmark collection: Systematically explores Wittgenstein’s religious epistemology across multiple thematic dimensions Challenges scientistic frameworks by emphasizing context and meaning in religious discourse Highlights the relevance of Wittgenstein’s thought for contemporary debates on faith, reason, and evidence Introduces the concept of quasi-fideism as a nuanced position between full rationalism and fideism Expands Witt

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Contents Acknowledgments Contributors List of Abbreviations of Wittgenstein’s Works List of Tables Introduction: Removing Misconceptions Nuno Venturinha and Duncan Pritchard Part I Beyond Cognitivism and Non-Cognitivism 1 Wittgenstein on Religious Faith and Beauty Hanne Appelqvist 2 No Gaseous Vertebrates: Wittgenstein’s ‘Third Way’ Genia Sch nbaumsfeld Part II From Fideism to Quasi-Fideism 3 Was Wittgenstein a Fideist? Gordon Graham 4 ‘Undermining Reason’: Logic, Exemplarity and Religious Belief Edward Guetti 5 The Ghost of the Tractatus: Fideism, Scepticism and ‘Hinge’ Epistemology Michael Williams 6 Honest Doubt: Quasi-Fideism and Epistemic Vertigo Duncan Pritchard Part III Anthropological and Ethnological Approaches 7 Wittgenstein on Religion as a Form of Life: From a ‘Jamesian Type’ to Remarks on Frazer Mauro Engelmann and Juliet Floyd 8 Understanding Other Languages, Understanding (Other) Religion Alois Pichler 9 Shall We Dance? A Non-Intellectualist Approach to Human Practices Julia Tanney Part IV Context over Scientism 10 Wittgenstein on Religion Paul Horwich 11 The Concept of Belief in Comparative Religious Perspective Thomas D. Carroll 12 On Certainty and Religion: A Prolegomenon Nuno Venturinha Part V Evidentialism and Non-Evidentialism off the Fence 13Epistemology and Freedom of Religion: Locke and Wittgenstein Gorazd Andrejč 14

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저자(글) Duncan Pritchard

저자(글) Nuno Venturinha