Languages of ineffability: the rediscovery of apophaticism in contemporary analytic philosophy of religion

Gäb, Sebastian (2020): Languages of ineffability: the rediscovery of apophaticism in contemporary analytic philosophy of religion. In: Hüsch, Sebastian (ed.) : Negative Knowledge. Negative Knowledge. Les Connaissances négatives. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto. [Forthcoming]

Abstract

I present and discuss recent work in analytic philosophy of religion on apophaticism and divine ineffability. I focus on three questions: how can we call God ineffable without contradicting ourselves? How can we refer to an ineffable God? What is the point of talking about an ineffable God?

• Item Type: Book Section
• Form of publication: Postprint
• Keywords: ineffability, religious language, William Alston, John Hick, apophaticism, apophatic theology, negative theology
• Faculties: Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science
• Subjects: 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 100 Philosophy
• Place of Publication: Tübingen
• Language: English