Research

Foundational Research and Philosophy of Religion

Philosophy of religion is applied philosophy. It must be done with competence in philosophy more generally, including the foundational questions that philosophy is responsible for asking. These include metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, feminist and critical philosophy, and others. Importantly, philosophy of religion is distinct from apologetics. Whereas apologetics aims to convince people to believe or practice some religion, philosophy of religion is philosophy, deploying thinking that is genuinely exploratory as well as critical. ICPR members work both on these foundational questions and their applications to philosophy of religion.

Symbolic image. Gears that interlock

Meta­phy­sics & Reli­gion

Symbol image. Vector graphic of a head that is open at the top and a gear train of cogwheels is visible

Epis­te­mo­logy & Reli­gion

Symbolic image. A scale consisting of three stones, which form the base, and a wooden beam. Two stones on the sides of the wooden beam lie on the scales as weights

Ethics & Reli­gion

Symbolic image. Two painted heads connected by a ribbon that forms a ball in the left head and a looped ribbon in the right head

Phi­lo­so­phy of Lan­guage & Reli­gion

Symbolic image. A person sits in a meditation posture against the backdrop of a rising or setting sun

Phi­lo­so­phy of Mind & Reli­gion

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Femi­nist and Cri­ti­cal Phi­lo­so­phy & Reli­gion

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Phi­lo­so­phy of Science & Reli­gion

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