The Function of Religious Experience in Giving Meaning to Life from William James’ Point of View

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ALIZAMANI AMIRABBAS; abbaszadegan mitra; PAYKANI JALAL

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Journal: Ayeneh Ma‘refat Year:2021 | Volume:20 | Issue:65 Page(s): 67-90

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The Function of Religious Experience in Giving Meaning to Life from William James’ Point of View

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ALIZAMANI AMIRABBAS | abbaszadegan mitra | PAYKANI JALAL | Issue Writer Certificate

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religious experience

Meaning of Life

Religion

William James

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the function of religious experience in making sense of life from William James’ point of view along with the description and analysis of the critiques. He considers the religious experience as a necessary and sufficient condition for discovering meaning. He considers Religion as something individual. With the evidence he provides for the subjectivity of emotions and the privacy of the mental life, we find out that James' views correspond with the new science and the specificity of religious experience and its meaning. Also, James' empirical explanations are uncertain and he does not see the need to prove it rationally. Empirical explanations such as search for meaning by all human beings and the falsification of meaning and the reduction of meaning to purpose indicate that the search for meaning is the most fundamental driving force in life and the reason for man’ s religious sense. James looks more at the sense of meaning than the meaning itself. James' view of religious experience and meaning is influenced by pragmatic thinking about utility.

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ALIZAMANI, AMIRABBAS, abbaszadegan, mitra, & PAYKANI, JALAL. (2021). The Function of Religious Experience in Giving Meaning to Life from William James’ Point of View. AYENEH MAREFAT, 20(65 ), 67-90. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/970552/en

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ALIZAMANI AMIRABBAS, abbaszadegan mitra, PAYKANI JALAL. The Function of Religious Experience in Giving Meaning to Life from William James’ Point of View. AYENEH MAREFAT[Internet]. 2021;20(65 ):67-90. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/970552/en

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AMIRABBAS ALIZAMANI, mitra abbaszadegan, and JALAL PAYKANI, “The Function of Religious Experience in Giving Meaning to Life from William James’ Point of View,” AYENEH MAREFAT, vol. 20, no. 65 , pp. 67–90, 2021, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/970552/en

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