So then, to what does it refer? — Banno
What sort of thing is a concept? I think the notion quite problematic. Think I mentioned that before. I don't; understand what sort of thing a concept is, apart from just the way we use a word... — Banno
You don't know how to define a game but you know how to use the word. Why this special pleading over 'concept' - a word you also know how to use? — ZzzoneiroCosm
I think the notion [of a concept] quite problematic. — Banno
Does the term "religion" refer to nothing? — Banno
I thought it an odd post by you because the riddle of "what is a religion" is no more a curiosity than "what is X," meaning religion doesn’t pose a special case anymore than any other word, and the riddle (as the article points out) was solved by Wittgenstein. Words simply don't have essences, and their meaning is based upon usage and context. That's that. — Hanover
the example being that a religion has at least the characteristic of "a belief in superempirical beings or powers", together with some combination of other criteria. This is taken as answering the question as to why Buddhism is a religion but not Capitalism. — Banno
This only points to the problem. — Fooloso4
You can argue as much as you want after the gavel falls, but it won't do you any good. — Hanover
Let’s see, the Christ in Christianity refers to, well, Christ, and not the average Joe, no? AverageJoeianity would be funny religion though, and I thank you for inspiring the amusing thought. — praxis
Shamanism is about accessing what? — praxis
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