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What is Apophaticism? Ways of Talking about an Ineffable God

Author(s): Citron, Gabriel

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dc.contributor.authorCitron, Gabriel-
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-25T14:52:07Z-
dc.date.available2022-01-25T14:52:07Z-
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.identifier.citationCitron, Gabriel. (2016). What is Apophaticism? Ways of Talking about an Ineffable God. European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 8 (4), 23 - 49. 10.24204/ejpr.v8i4.1716.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1xg9f96b-
dc.description.abstractApophaticism - the view that God is both indescribable and inconceivable - is one of the great medieval traditions of philosophical thought about God, but it is largely overlooked by analytic philosophers of religion. This paper attempts to rehabilitate apophaticism as a serious philosophical option. We provide a clear formulation of the position, examine what could appropriately be said and thought about God if apophaticism is true, and consider ways to address the charge that apophaticism is self-defeating. In so doing we draw on recent work in the philosophy of language, touching on issues such as the nature of negation, category mistakes, fictionalism, and reductionism.en_US
dc.format.extent23 - 49en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Religionen_US
dc.rightsFinal published version. This is an open access article.en_US
dc.titleWhat is Apophaticism? Ways of Talking about an Ineffable Goden_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.24204/ejpr.v8i4.1716-
pu.type.symplectichttp://www.symplectic.co.uk/publications/atom-terms/1.0/journal-articleen_US

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