Stoddard/Method Today, 19. Interpretation and the Study of Religion

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How to Cite: Schilbrack, Kevin. 19. Interpretation and the Study of Religion. Method Today - Redescribing Approaches to the Study of Religion. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 205-221 Sep 2018. ISBN 9781781795682.

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My goal in this chapter is to clarify and defend the interpretive approach in the academic study of religion, and I do this by asking and answering three questions that have been contentious in the debates about interpretation: (1) Can one understand human behavior independent of the action’s meaning? (2)Does interpretation require access to people’s mental states?(3) Does interpretation preclude causal explanation?

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    Method Today: Redescribing Approaches to the Study of Religion
  • creator
    Kevin Schilbrack
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    9781781797044 (eBook)
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    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
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    Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • series title
    NAASR Working Papers
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    https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781781797044