• Religion and Description

    Author(s):
    Daniel McClellan (see profile)
    Date:
    2018
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/vybm-9p24
    Abstract:
    This paper argues that the practice of description is frequently understood as definition, which is too often precisely prescription. It contends that reduction to necessary and sufficient features is alien to the natural development and use of conceptual categories like religion, and so an alternative approach to description is recommended.
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    Publisher:
    Equinox
    Pub. Date:
    Sep 2018
    Book Title:
    Method Today: Redescribing Approaches to the Study of Religion
    Author/Editor:
    Brad Stoddard
    Chapter:
    9
    Page Range:
    106 - 113
    ISBN:
    9781781795682
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    8 months ago
    License:
    Attribution

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