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Title |
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c. Strong, not Weak, Agnosticism - The Five Principles of Middle Way Philosophy |
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Robert Ellis; Middle Way Society; |
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Buddhist Studies; Religious Studies; Philosophy |
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Middle Way; Buddhism; absolutization; scepticism; provisionality; incrementality; agnosticism; integration; practice; Buddhist philosophy |
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Buddhist Studies |
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Contrary to the philosophical assumptions that dominate, ‘strong’ agnosticism (facing up to the state of not knowing) is far more provisional than ‘weak’ agnosticism (not knowing yet, perhaps in future). If the ‘knowing’ of weak agnosticism were to actually occur it would require massive absolute assumptions that the strong agnostic avoids through greater decisiveness. An analogy with addiction may make this clearer. This topsy-turvy cultural attitude to agnosticism results from a widespread obsession with discontinuous ‘knowledge’, and has so far prevented agnosticism being applied to all the other issues (beyond God’s existence) where it needs to be applied. |
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Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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16-Jan-2023 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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PDF |
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https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/44181 |
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10.1558/equinox.44181 |
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Equinox eBooks Publishing; The Five Principles of Middle Way Philosophy |
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en |
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Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |