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pertinent

直接相关的 有关的 恰当的

Expertise

专业知识 专长 专业能力

Sensus divinitatis

对神的自然感知，一种内在的，普遍的对神的感知或意识

commitment

对某事的坚定承诺或责任，通常涉及时间和精力的投入。

evidentialism

Evidentialism is the view that a belief is justified only if it is proportioned to the evidence.

corroborate

证实，证实属实；为……提供佐证

Scripture

圣经

embody

体现; 使具体化；赋予……具体形式

Koran

古兰经

a turn in

某事的变化，转变或转折

suspend

暂缓，暂停，终止；悬挂

sort

种类，类型，类别

dispute

争论，争议，质疑

disputation

意思：辩论；论辩；学术争辩

controversial

意思：有争议的；引起争论的；有争议性的话题或观点

Enlightenment Evidentialism

与启蒙运动的理性主义和证据要求相关的证据主义立场：宗教信仰也应该接受理性审查，不能仅仅因为传统、权威或个人确信，就认定它具有认识论上的正当性。宗教经验或神秘经验所呈现的内容，不算作证据。

hegemony

意思：霸权；支配地位；主导权

protesting

抗议，进行抗议活动

self-evident

本身显然成立的；无需额外论证的

adjudicate

裁决；判定；对争议作出判断

the principle of self-referential consistency

It is not justified to have a belief according to which that belief is itself not justified.

fideism

if an epistemological theory such as evidentialism conflicts with the holding of religious belief then that is so much the worse for the epistemological theoryi

injunction

命令；指令；禁令;（哲学或学术语境中的）要求；必须遵守的原则或指示

stipulate

规定、设定

conclusive

决定性的；确凿的；足以得出明确结论的

Ockham’s Razor

When multiple explanations can account for the available evidence, we should generally prefer the explanation that does not require unnecessary additional assumptions.

Ockhamist principle

in the absence of evidence for the existence of things of kind X, belief in Xs is not reasonable.

ad hominem

it refers to attack the person making an argument rather than directly refuting the argument itself

refute

反驳，驳斥。。。是错误的

agnosticism

不可知论

presumption

预设，推定

suspension

暂缓

etch

蚀刻；凿刻；铭刻

incommensurable

不可通约的，大相径庭的

culminating

达到顶点

belied

掩饰

outraged

愤怒的

discomfited

拙败

antidote

解药

pre-emptive

先发制人的，预防性的，预先采取的

trump

胜过

folly

愚蠢

satire

讽刺

cramped

狭窄的

insidious

阴险的

comprehend

理解

extrapolation

推测

promise

前提

infect

感染

envisage

设想

malapropism

说错话

transaction

交易

venture

冒险

paradigm

范式

prevalent

普遍的

segment

段

acquiescence

默许

persecution

迫害

cosset

宠爱

wrestle

全力解决

terse

简要的

atheism

无神论者

sinister

邪恶的

grant

承认，认可；给予，授予

case

论证；论据。 情况；情形。 案例；个案

as is the case with...

正如。。。的情况一样

deductively

通过演绎推理地；以演绎方式。（if all the premises are true, then the conclusion must be true)

regress

倒退;回溯；逐步追溯到更早的原因或阶段

infinite casual regress

an endless chain of causes in which each cause depends on a prior cause, with no first or ultimate cause

affirmative

肯定的；赞成的；表示同意的

tenable

站得住脚的；有理论依据的；可以辩护的

plausible

看似合理的；貌似可信的；有一定道理的。

exposition

阐述、说明、讲解、论述

implicit

隐含的；不明确表达的；不言而喻的。

consilience

相互印证；不同证据或推理的汇合。

mystical perception

An experience that seems to the subject to involve a direct awareness of God or another transcendent reality

religious experience

an experience that a person interprets as having religious significance or as relating to a transcendent reality

futile

无用的，徒劳的

fertile

肥沃的;促进的;富饶的;能生育的;可繁殖的;能结果的;点子多的;能产生好结果的;

bestiality

兽形，兽性

covenant

盟约，圣约

demurely

娴静地，端庄地，羞怯而矜持的

probe

探查，调查，深入探究

much ado

大惊小怪，喧闹，折腾

in light of

鉴于

commence

着手进行，开始，着手

articulate

v. 清楚地表达；明确说出 adj. 表达清晰的；善于表达的

regurgitate

反刍，机械地重复，照搬

competent

有能力的；能胜任的; 合格的；够格的

template

模版，样板

echolocation

回声定位

plausible

有道理地；看起来合理地；有可能地

inversion (inverse)

n. 倒置，反转，颠倒 v.

mass

团块

charitable

宽容的；善意理解的

corral

n. 围栏、牲畜围场 v. 把牲畜赶进围栏；设法把……聚拢起来、控制起来

self-contained

独立的，自成一体的

acronym

首字母缩略词

wanting

有所欠缺

warrant

正当的