Phrases with «useful fictions»

Sentences with «useful fictions»

  • But even if such parables are taken to be revealed (rather than treated as useful fictions), can the recommended attitudes be sustained in total isolation from specifiable beliefs about the object of the attitudes? (religion-online.org)
  • In a religious tradition such a declaration of ethical policy is associated with «stories» or «parables» which Braithwaite treats as morally useful fictions: (religion-online.org)
  • According to many interpreters, myths are neither true nor false; they are useful fictions which fulfil these important social functions. (religion-online.org)
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