TOPIC 4:what is their cognitive value, their (potential) reality-revealing function - if they have one?

(II) Evaluation independently of commitment to a Religious Tradition
(A) Religious experience compared to sense perception
            (Swinburne, Wainwright, Alston)
(B) Evaluation of Religious Traditions themselves, together with confirming experiences
          Introduction
     (B1) First Attempt: religious traditions as analogous to systems of metaphysics
             Some problems with First Attempt ,  Five Options on Criteria, Relationship with Problem of Other Religions
     (B2)Second Attempt: Multi-Faceted/Wide Communal Reflective Equilibrium
             Problems with Second Attempt

Conclusion

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