eprintid: 1457375
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datestamp: 2014-12-02 20:49:28
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creators_name: Petersen, AC
title: Uncertainty and god: A Jamesian pragmatist approach to uncertainty and ignorance in science and religion
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: A01
divisions: B04
divisions: C05
divisions: J39
keywords: Complexity; emotion; ignorance; William James; meta-
physics; phenomenology; pragmatism; religion; science; uncertainty; wonder.
note: © 2014 The Authors. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Institute on Religion in an Age of Science ISSN 0591-2385 This is an open access
article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
abstract: This article picks up from William James's pragmatism and metaphysics of experience, as expressed in his "radical empiricism," and further develops this Jamesian pragmatist approach to uncertainty and ignorance by connecting it to phenomenological thought. The Jamesian pragmatist approach avoids both a "crude naturalism" and an "absolutist rationalism," and allows for identification of intimations of the sacred in both scientific and religious practices-which all, in their respective ways, try to make sense of a complex world. Analogous to religious practices, emotion and the metaphysics of experience play a central role in science, especially the emotion of wonder. Engaging in scientific or religious practices may create opportunities for individuals to realize that they are co-creators of the world in partnership with God, in full awareness of uncertainty and ignorance and filled with the emotion of wonder.
date: 2014-12-01
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zygo.12138
vfaculties: VENG
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_source: Scopus
elements_id: 996189
doi: 10.1111/zygo.12138
lyricists_name: Petersen, Arthur
lyricists_id: APETE53
full_text_status: public
publication: Zygon
volume: 49
number: 4
pagerange: 808 - 828
issn: 0591-2385
citation:        Petersen, AC;      (2014)    Uncertainty and god: A Jamesian pragmatist approach to uncertainty and ignorance in science and religion.                   Zygon , 49  (4)   808 - 828.    10.1111/zygo.12138 <https://doi.org/10.1111/zygo.12138>.       Green open access   
 
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