Receptivity to Mystery: Cultivation, Loss, and Scientism

Authors

  • Ian James Kidd Durham University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v4i3.276

Abstract

The cultivation of receptivity to the mystery of reality is a central feature of many religious and philosophical traditions, both Western and Asian. This paper considers two contemporary accounts of receptivity to mystery – those of David E. Cooper and John Cottingham – and considers them in light of the problem of loss of receptivity. I argue that a person may lose their receptivity to mystery by embracing what I call a scientistic stance, and the paper concludes by offering two possible responses to combating that stance and restoring the receptivity to mystery that it occludes.

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Published

2012-09-23

How to Cite

Kidd, Ian James. 2012. “Receptivity to Mystery: Cultivation, Loss, and Scientism”. European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 4 (3):51-68. https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v4i3.276.