RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE
Neither True nor False, but Meaningful
Keywords:
Knowledge, LanguageAbstract
The knowledge of knowing has attracted the attention of philosophers of all times. Knowledge begins with the acquisition of information and, hence, it is primary in philosophical, material, and other aspects of life. Intellectuals of the East as well as the West were very much drawn towards the interrelation of thoughts, words, sentences, and their meanings. It is through the medium of language that the thoughts and feelings can be expressed and, thus, human beings, unlike animals, with their special ability to express their thoughts and feelings through language, stands unique. Language is an abstract system employed primarily for communication and in the act of knowing, language occupies an important position.
References
Paul Tillich, Christianity and the Encounter of the World Religions, New York: Columbia University Press, 1963, 4.
G. Mac Gregor, Introduction to Religious Philosophy, New York: Macmillian, 1958, 328.
B. Russell, Principles of Mathematics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1903, 47
Paul Tillich, Symbols of Faith in Philosophy of Religion, ed. Abrenethy, New York: Columbia University Press, 1963, 392.
Paul Tillich, Dynamics of Faith, New York: Harper and Row, 1957, 54.
