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On Holisms: Insular, Inclusivist, and Postmodern

Author(s) -

Clayton Philip

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

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Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222

H-Index - 23

eISSN - 1467-9744

pISSN - 0591-2385

DOI - 10.1111/0591-2385.00163

Subject(s) - holism , postmodernism , postmodernity , foundationalism , fundamentalism , epistemology , philosophy , sociology , political science , law , politics

Nancey Murphy's offer to take us “beyond liberalism and fundamentalism” is an exciting one: Who wants to be caught in the clutches of a fruitless theological dispute? She argues that the key to our escape is “Anglo‐American postmodernity.” I analyze what Murphy means by this term and why it may turn out to be a more precarious escape route than one might think. Holism or “post‐foundationalism” is indeed inescapable for science/religion discussions today, but an inclusivist holism is preferable to Murphy's insular holism

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