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Refined and Crass Supernaturalism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2010

T. L. S. Sprigge
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In the postscript to The Varieties of Religious Experience William James distinguishes two types of belief in the supernatural, conceived as an essential component in religion, crass or piecemeal supernaturalism, on the one hand, and refined supernaturalism on the other.

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Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements , Volume 32 , March 1992 , pp. 105 - 125
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy and the contributors 1992

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