Philosophy / Unit 3 Philosophy 0134 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Argument from Religious Experience
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The idea
The argument from religious experience: people across cultures report direct encounters with the divine; such widespread experience is evidence that something answers to it.
In practice
Mystics, converts, and ordinary worshippers describe presence, unity, awe—James catalogued hundreds in Varieties of Religious Experience.
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