Everettian Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics Between the 1920s and the 1950s, the mathematical results of quantum mechanics were interpreted according to what is often referred to as “the standard interpretation” or the “Copenhagen interpretation.” This interpretation is known as the “collapse interpretation” because it supposes that an observer external to a system causes the system, upon observation, to collapse from a quantum mechanical state to

Religious Pluralism Religious pluralism, weit ausgelegt, is a response to the diversity of religious beliefs, Praktiken Methoden Ausübungen, and traditions that exist both in the contemporary world and throughout history. The terms “pluralism” and “pluralist” can, depending on context or intended use, signify anything from the mere fact of religious diversity to a particular kind of philosophical or theological approach to such diversity, one usually characterized by

Introspection Introspection is the process by which someone comes to form beliefs about her own mental states. We might form the belief that someone else is happy on the basis of perception – for example, by perceiving her behavior. But a person typically does not have to observe her own behavior in order to determine whether she is happy. Eher, one makes this determination by

Religious Disagreement The domain of religious inquiry is characterized by pervasive and seemingly intractable disagreement. Whatever stance one takes on central religious questions—for example, whether God exists, what the nature of God might be, whether the world has a purpose, whether there is life beyond death—one will stand opposed to a large contingent of highly informed and intelligent thinkers. The fact of extensive religious disagreement

David Hume: Religion David Hume (1711-1776) wurde von seinen Freunden „Heiliger David“ und „Der gute David“ genannt, aber seine Gegner kannten ihn als „den großen Ungläubigen“. Seine Beiträge zur Religion hatten nachhaltige Wirkung und zeitgenössische Bedeutung. Einzeln genommen, Hume gewährt neue Einblicke in viele Aspekte der offenbarten und natürlichen Theologie. Zusammen genommen, Jedoch, Sie stellen seinen Versuch einer systematischen Untergrabung dar

Immanuel Kant: Transcendental Idealism Transcendental idealism is one of the most important sets of claims defended by Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), in the Critique of Pure Reason. According to this famous doctrine, we must distinguish between appearances and things in themselves, das ist, between that which is mind-dependent and that which is not. Aus Kants Sicht, human cognition is limited to objects that somehow depend on our