Le 05-janv.-06, à 00:19, Russell Standish a écrit :
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>> Also, I think "God" is just a chapter in theology,
>
> again this seems to be using theology in a more expansive meaning than
> it usually is. Theology to me is the study of belief in God, although
> I note that the Oxford concise dictionary defines it thusly:
>
> "a study of or system of religion; rational analysis of a religious
> faith"
Yes it is exactly what I mean by theology: rational study of faith, and
I recall that any practice of comp requires some sort of faith.
> Indeed, however most people would not regard Pythagoranism, Platonism
> et al as a topic of theology. If you insist on using the term, you
> will be condemned to defining the word theology so as to include
> Pythagoranism etc as part of its domain of study in every paper your
> write.
Actually neoplatonist like Plotinus or Proclus does that. Not only
Pythagoranism has been conceived in a religious form, but like taoism
in China, it has evolved into religious practice accompagnied by many
form of superstition. Pyhtagoranism has even evloved into sectarian
systems.
> Psychology, on the other hand seems unproblematical, as psychology
> normally covers belief as part of its remit.
But psychologist does not tackle the (certainly problematical) notion
of truth, still less of unprovable truth ... It remains neutral, where
comp *cannot* be.
Bruno
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/
Received on Thu Jan 05 2006 - 10:13:15 PST