Referring to Words

Philosophia Christi 19 (1):157-169 (2017)
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Abstract

Bradley N. Seeman has argued that The End of Apologetics comes perilously close to what he calls “the idolatry of linguistic license.” Despite my recent reply, Seeman continues to have a few concerns about my position. I offer a clarification regarding my description of theological language as “poetics,” and argue that it is a way of acknowledging the contingency of all theological descriptions and vocabularies. I also counter Seeman’s insistence on trans-language game truth-makers by noting that it begs the central issue of my “alethic quasi realism,” and argue that this is not a thoroughly deflated concept of truth.

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