Reference and Identity in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Scriptures

The Same God?

AvD. E. Buckner

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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In Reference and Identity in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Scriptures: The Same God?, D. E. Buckner argues that all reference is story-relative. We cannot tell which historical individual a person is talking or writing about or addressing in prayer without familiarity with the narrative (oral or written) which introduces that individual to us, so we cannot understand reference to God, nor to his prophets, nor to any other character mentioned in the Jewish, Christian, or Muslim scriptures, without reference to those very scriptures. In this context we must understand God as the person who “walked in the garden in the cool of the day” (Gen. 3:8), and who is continuously referred to in the books of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament, as well as the Quran. Further developing ideas presented by the late Fred Sommers in his seminal The Logic of Natural Language, Buckner argues that singular reference and singular conception is empty outside such a context.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-07-08
Mått:162 x 238 x 20 mm
Vikt:513 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Philosophy of Language: Connections and Perspectives
Antal sidor:246
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781498587419

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D. E. Buckner taught philosophy at the University of Bristol.

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Buckner (philosophy, Univ. of Bristol, UK) begins by posing a philosophical question: Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God? He proposes that if the answer is yes, one of them must have a false belief about God; if the answer is no, one of them is not worshiping the true God. To determine which proposition is correct, Buckner delves into the philosophy of language, focusing on “reference” in order to explain how words attach themselves, become applied to, and indeed become signifiers of something. Buckner challenges standard understandings of “reference” and asserts that they are story-relative. He intersects that concept with notions of identity, truth, and existence as a way to solve the age-old question of God within the three Abrahamic traditions. The author's argument hinges on his deft explanation of what story-relative ultimately means for references to and about deity in the various scriptures, whether oral or written. Buckner separates the to and the about and is able to make a compelling claim on where Jews, Christians, and Muslims differ on the subject of God. Furthermore, while asserting very real differences based on different stories, he is also able to identify how Jews, Christians, and Muslims converge with respect to God as the object of prayer. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.

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PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1 – Reference statementsChapter 2 – Rules for ReferenceChapter 3 – Story Relative ReferenceChapter 4 – MentioningChapter 5 – Identification within HistoryChapter 6 – ExistenceChapter 7 – Reference and IdentityChapter 8 – The God of the PhilosophersChapter 9 – Identification in the PresentChapter 10 – RevelationChapter 11 – IntentionalityBibliographyAbout the Author