The philosophical theory that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience
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Genuine
Suggesting that the experience has not been contrived by an individual
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Vision
when people believe they have seen or heard something supernatural
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Intellectual Vision
brings knowledge or understanding from God/ the divine
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Imaginary Vision
strengthens faith and is seen in the mind's eye
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Corporeal Vision
the figure is externally present
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Numinosity
the feeling of the "holy"- awe, fascination, religious awareness, the smallness of self
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Conversion
regeneration and and assurance of the truth of the divine
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Volitional conversion
a conscious conversion
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Self-surrender conversion
an unconscious conversion
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Mystical Experience
a direct and intimate experience of God
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Divine
a being that is perfect, all powerful and not comparable to anything human
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Traniency
life changing but doesn't last long
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ineffability
beyond verbal description
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noetic quality
brings intuitive understanding and realisation of the truth
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passivity
causes people to lose control to a more powerful being
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existential judgement
what happened
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value judgement
what does it mean
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objective
not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.
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subjective
dependent on the mind or on an individual's perception for its existence.
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correspondence theory
trying to verify the statement by seeing if it matches the known facts
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coherence theory
trying to verify a statement by seeing if it matches the facts that have been proven already
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pragmatic theory
trying ti verify a statement practically through any benefits gained gained from the experience
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stigmata
marks corresponding to those left on Christ's body by the Crucifixion, said to have been impressed by divine favour on the bodies of St Francis of Assisi and others.
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principle of creduality
what one seems to perceive probably is so
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principle of testimony
we believe to have occurred what people perceive to have occurred
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
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Suggesting that the experience has not been contrived by an individual
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Genuine
Card 3
Front
when people believe they have seen or heard something supernatural
Back
Card 4
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brings knowledge or understanding from God/ the divine
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