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  • 1 - Worship

  • from Part I - Two Introductions
  • Edited by Aaron Segal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Samuel Lebens, University of Haifa, Israel
  • Book:
    The Philosophy of Worship
    Published online:
    09 January 2025
    Print publication:
    23 January 2025, pp 3-15

  • Summary

    This book is the fruit of a research project on the nature and value of worship that held two workshops at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. One of the key motivations for the project was just how neglected the study of worship has been in the philosophy of religion.

The Philosophy of Worship
  • Divine and Human Aspects
  • Edited by Aaron Segal, Samuel Lebens
  • Published online:
    09 January 2025
    Print publication:
    23 January 2025
  • Worship is central to the lives of billions of people worldwide. Yet, despite the recent flourishing of analytical philosophy of religion, there has been very little attention paid to the philosophical questions raised by worship. This book is the first volume to explore the philosophy of worship. Written in a clear style that eschews unnecessary technical jargon, it considers the metaphysical, ethical, and psychological issues associated with worship, among them: What, if anything, is the point of worship? What, if anything, makes a being worthy of worship? Can worship hold value for atheists? What, if anything, might be wrong with idolatry? These questions, and more, sit at the heart of this book. With contributions from world renowned philosophers and important early career voices, this volume sets the agenda for future work in the philosophy of worship.

  • Do We Look Material? Human Ontology and Perceptual Evidence

  • Aaron Segal
  • Journal:
    Canadian Journal of Philosophy / Volume 53 / Issue 2 / February 2023
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    13 December 2023, pp. 172-186
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  • According to certain views about human ontology, the way we seem is very different from the way we are. The appearances are a threat to such views. Here I take up and defuse the threat to one such view.

    Pure immaterialism says that each of us is wholly immaterial. The appearances suggest otherwise. I argue that despite the fact that we might sometimes appear to be at least partly material, and that we can be perceptually justified in believing something solely on the basis of having a perceptual experience as of its being the case, none of us is ever perceptually justified in believing that we are even partly material (or that we’re not). Bottom line: we might be able to know whether we’re material, but we can’t know just by looking.

  • Referencing the Region

  • Aaron Segal
  • Journal:
    Latin American Research Review / Volume 29 / Issue 3 / 1994
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    05 October 2022, pp. 257-264
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  • Africa and the United States Media

  • Aaron Segal
  • Journal:
    African Issues / Volume 6 / Issue 2-3 / Summer/Fall 1976
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    13 August 2021, pp. 49-56
    Print publication:
    Summer/Fall 1976

  • Africa and Africans do not get along well with the United States press, radio and television—and vice versa. Most Africans (whether students, individuals, or government officials) who have had some exposure believe it offers of Africa. Most directors of the U.S. media are leery of Africa and would prefer major news events to occur elsewhere. Fraternization and sympathy are mostly limited to African journalists who have lived or traveled in the United States (a considerable number on various exchange grants) and American journalists who have done an African stint. Alcoholically cursing their respective bosses, these two groups usually get on quite well.

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