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Din Dilinin Doğası Üzerine Wittgenstein’a Yeniden Bakış

Year 2016, Issue: 41, 169 - 191, 19.01.2017

Abstract

Dinsel İnanç Üzerine Dersler’inde Wittgenstein bize, dini söylemin doğasına dair, dini iddiaların kavramsal-olmadığına, doğrulanamaz ya da doğruluğu kanıt yoluyla   değerlendirilemez olduğuna dayanan bir bakış açısı sunar. Biz onun bu çalışmada ima ettiğinin aksine, bu özelliklerin din dili oyununun bir analizinin -böyle bir analizin Wittgenstein’ın kendi kavramları üzerinde gerçekleştirildiği düşünüldüğünde- sonucu olmadıklarını ileri sürüyoruz. Tabii bir iddia şudur: Onun din dilinin konumuna dair değerlendirmesi kısmen, dil oyunlarının herhangi bir analizinden bağımsız olarak ele alınan anlamın doğrulanması kriterinin üstü örtük bir şekilde kabulünce yönlendirilmektedir. Her ne kadar Wittgenstein böylece kendisinin dil oyunları görüşü ve kullanıma bağlı anlam teorisini, dini ifadelerin anlamını değerlendirmede bu doğrulama koşulu ile birleştirebilmişse de böyle bir hamlenin hatırı sayılır bir felsefi bedeli olmuştur.

Anahtar Sözcükler: Wittgenstein, Din, Din dili, Dil oyunu, Doğrulama, Anlam,                     Kavranamazcılık

References

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Revisiting Wittgenstein on the Nature of Religious Language

Year 2016, Issue: 41, 169 - 191, 19.01.2017

Abstract

In his Lectures on Religious Belief, Wittgenstein presents us with a view of the nature of religious discourse according to which religious claims are non-cognitive and not verifiable or assessable for correctness by means of evidence. I argue that, contrary to what is implied in LRB, these features do not follow from an analysis of the language game of religion, given that such an analysis is carried out on Wittgenstein’s own terms. A natural suggestion is that his assessment of the status of religious language is guided in part by implicit acceptance of a verification criterion of meaning held independently of any analysis of language games. While Wittgenstein could thereby combine his view of language games and his use theory of meaning with this verification condition in assessing the meaning of religious statements, such a move comes at considerable philosophical cost.

Keywords: Wittgenstein, Religion, Religious language, Language game.

References

  • Braithwaite, R.B. (1968). An Empiricist’s View of the Nature of Religious Beliefs. In John Hick, (Ed.), The Existence of God. New York: Macmillan.
  • Canfield, John. (1981). Wittgenstein: Language and World. Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press.
  • Clack, B.R. (1999). An Introduction to Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Religion. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
  • Hare, R.M. (1992). Essays on Religion and Education. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Hudson, W. Donald. (1975). Wittgenstein and Religious Belief. New York: St. Martins Press.
  • Kenny, Anthony. (1973). Wittgenstein. Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
  • Loux, Michael. (1998). Metaphysics. New York: Routledge.
  • Malcolm, Norman. (1993). Wittgenstein: A Religious Point of View? London: Routledge.
  • Mellor, D.H.. (1990). F.P. Ramsey: Philosophical Papers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Phillips, D.Z. (1970). Death and Immortality. London: Macmillan.
  • ------. (1986). Primitive Reactions and the Reactions of Primitives. Religious Studies, 22(2), 165-180.
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig. (1958). Philosophical Investigations. Edited by G. E. M. Anscombe. New York: Macmillan.
  • ------. (1966). Lectures and Conversations on Aesthetics, Psychology, and Religious Belief. Edited by Cyril Barrett. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
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Publication Date January 19, 2017
Submission Date December 16, 2016
Published in Issue Year 2016 Issue: 41

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ISNAD Kımble, Kevin. “Din Dilinin Doğası Üzerine Wittgenstein’a Yeniden Bakış”. Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 41 (January 2017), 169-191.