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Philosophy of religion

Proudfoot's distinction between misdescribing an experience in terms the subject would reject, which he rejects, and explaining it in terms the subject need not accept, which he defends.

In philosophy of religion, descriptive and explanatory reduction refers to Proudfoot's distinction between misdescribing an experience in terms the subject would reject, which he rejects, and explaining it in terms the subject need not accept, which he defends. This meaning comes from Proudfoot (1985) in Religious experience.[1]

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References

Proudfoot, W. (1985). Religious experience. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520051430

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