Situated Religious Cognition in Jamesian Pragmatist Philosophy of Religion

Pragmatist philosophy of religion has, since the early days of the tradition, developed distinctive accounts of (what we now call) “situated” religious cognition highly relevant to currently ongoing discussions in this developing field. This paper focuses on William James’s pragmatism as an importan...

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Published inReligions (Basel, Switzerland ) Vol. 15; no. 7; p. 815
Main Author Pihlström, Sami
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.07.2024
Subjects
belief
Cognition & reasoning
hope
Philosophy of religion
Pragmatism
religious experience
situationality
William James
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Summary:Pragmatist philosophy of religion has, since the early days of the tradition, developed distinctive accounts of (what we now call) “situated” religious cognition highly relevant to currently ongoing discussions in this developing field. This paper focuses on William James’s pragmatism as an important example of such an approach in the philosophy of religion. Some central “situational” themes in James are identified, and special attention is given to the relation between the (situation-dependent) concepts of belief and hope in Jamesian pragmatism. The ontological status of the “objects” of situated religious cognition is thereby also briefly discussed.
ISSN:2077-1444
2077-1444
DOI:10.3390/rel15070815