5. Philosophical Reflections on the Presocratics: A Contribution to the Scientific Study of Religion
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | 5. Philosophical Reflections on the Presocratics: A Contribution to the Scientific Study of Religion - Theorizing Religion in Antiquity |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Donald Wiebe; University of Toronto; Canada |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Religious Studies; Ancient History |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | religion in antiquity; ancient religion; ancient history; classics |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | ancient religion |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | Implicit in the thought of the pre-Socratic cosmologists from the Milesians to the Atomists lies a new understanding of 'knowledge' in which beliefs are open to rational criticism and assessment. This kind of knowledge about the world and states of affairs in the world simply amounts to the espousal of beliefs about an objectively existing reality that have found rational and evidential support. This 'knowledge as rationally justifiable beliefs' stands in radical contrast to knowledge as metaphysical 'Truths' regarding indisputable realities such as the gods and the meaning of life vouchsafed to people either by way of revelation, intuition, or imagination. It is the emergence of this new conception of knowledge as entirely reliant on autonomous reason that constitutes a 'critical episode' in the development of human thought essential to the eventual emergence of science (and of the scientific study of religion) as we understand it today. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 13-May-2019 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
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| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/27965 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.27965 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Theorizing Religion in Antiquity |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
worldwide, 6th century BCE to 4th century CE |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |