Transcendence: Critical Realism and God

by Margaret Scotford Archer, Douglas V. Porpora, Andrew Collier, et al.

Book Overview

Atheism as a belief does not have to present intellectual credentials within academia. Yet to hold beliefs means giving reasons for doing so, ones which may be found wanting. Instead, atheism is the automatic default setting within the academic world.

Conversely, religious belief confronts a double standard. Religious believers are not permitted to make truth claims but are instead forced to present their beliefs as part of one language game...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415336171
• ISBN13: 9780415336178
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.2"