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METAEPISTEMOLOGY AND DIVINE REVELATION
Author(s) -
BUCKAREFF ANDREI A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the heythrop journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.127
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1468-2265
pISSN - 0018-1196
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2265.2008.00407.x
Subject(s) - revelation , commit , relativism , philosophy , epistemology , suspect , philosophy of science , focus (optics) , theology , sociology , physics , computer science , criminology , database , optics
In Crossing the Threshold of Divine Revelation , William Abraham offers a rich, subtle defense of an epistemology of divine revelation. In this paper, I focus on a cluster of metaepistemological claims made by Abraham. Specifically, I argue that Abraham's remarks about epistemic fit and the epistemic standards we bring to bear in making evaluations of divine revelation claims commit him to a species of epistemic relativism. I suspect, however, that Abraham does not think of himself as an epistemic relativist. If this is the case, then I believe Abraham needs to rethink his metaepistemological commitments that imply epistemic relativism.