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  • Epistemologija religije Joh...
    Tolvajčić, Danijel

    Diacovensia, 01/2022, Volume: 30, Issue: 2
    Journal Article, Paper

    Prilog donosi prikaz i kritičku analizu epistemologije religije Johna Hicka, jednoga od najznačajnijih filozofa religije u prošlom stoljeću. Hickova epistemologija, osobito njezini središnji pojmovi poput »iskušavanja kao« i »eshatološke verifikacije«, nastoji etablirati smislenost i racionalnost religijskih tvrdnji pokazujući kako je religijsko iskušavanje svijeta epistemološki jednakovrijedno kao i ono naturalističko. Autor priloga nastoji upozoriti na neke poteškoće Hickove pozicije, osobito na manjkavost njegova razumijevanja religijske vjere. U konačnici, Hickova se epistemologija religije u većem svojem dijelu pokazuje problematičnom stoga što s jedne strane u potpunosti ovisi o subjektivnom religioznom iskustvu te s druge strane isključuje u potpunosti propozicijski aspekt vjere. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview and critical analysis of John Hick’s epistemology of religion. Hick was one of the most influential philosophers of religion in the last century. Hick’s epistemology, especially its central concepts like “experiencing as” and “eschatological verification,” aims to establish the meaningfulness and rationality of religious claims by showing that the religious experience of the world is an epistemological equivalent to the naturalistic one. The author points out some difficulties of Hick’s position, especially the inadequacy of his understanding of religious faith. Ultimately, Hick’s epistemology of religion is for the most part problematic because, on the one hand, it depends entirely on the subjectivity of religious experience, and on the other, it completely excludes the propositional aspect of faith.