What Constitutes a Scientific Interpretation of Religion?

Autor:	Edgar Sheffield Brightman
Rok vydání:	1926
Předmět:	Interpretation (philosophy) Generalization (learning) Religious studies Metaphysics Sociology Epistemology
Zdroj:	The Journal of Religion. 6:250-258
ISSN:	1549-6538 0022-4189
DOI:	10.1086/480580
Popis:	In the case of religion the very data to be observed and classified are experiences of persons. Hence valuations are inextricably intermingled with facts. It is the province of science to describe, but not to evaluate. Any science needs philosophy to complete the interpretation. Science is inevitably abstract; but it is unscientific to select one particular generalization as an all-inclusive principle of explanation. The science of religion is in danger of falling into methodological dogmatism through the exclusive use of a psychological method which is uncritically extended into metaphysics. Genuine science should be catholic, and pave the way for fruitful philosophical interpretation.
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