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100	1		_aHallett, Garth L., _d1927-2022.
245	1	0	_aDarkness and light : _bthe analysis of doctrinal statements / _cGarth L. Hallett.
260			_aNew York : _bPaulist Press, _c©1975.
300			_avi, 174 pages ; _c23 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _btxt _atext
337			_2rdamedia _bn _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _bnc _avolume
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505			_aThe Problem and the Procedure -- The Problem -- The Procedure -- From Meaningful to Meaningless -- The book on the table -- The red car -- Flying saucers -- Deep Designs -- The rock --The water diviner -- Scarlet -- A method for controlling fusion -- The professor's friends -- Trisecting the angle -- Flood or conflagration -- A fruitless interview -- An abortive interview -- Moral Meaning -- Muddle or Mystery -- "Why do you persecute me"? -- God's love -- Three in One -- Vermeersch on contraception -- St. Thomas on forms -- James on truth -- Is Saul Too AMong the Prophets? -- The Likelihood of Meaningless Magisterial Statements -- A Priori Approach -- A Posteriori Approach -- The Improbability of Divine Protection -- Conclusion -- Wider Horizons -- " Anything that is made visible is light" -- The Realm of Meaning -- In Defense of Mystery -- Ecumenical Implications -- Crisis in Ethics -- Wider Ecumenism
520			_aThis book attempts to bridge the gap between linguistic philosophy –especially that of the later Wittgenstein– and contemporary Catholic theology. By way of illustration it takes up one question, never asked before, that is central to the teaching function of the church. The question is: To what extent are magisterial statements guaranteed to be meaningful? In the process of addressing that question, Garth Hallett takes the reader through the workings of Wittgenstein language analysis, a trip that begins in absolute clarity and ends in sheer nonsense. Somewhere between those people (and churches) struggle to make themselves understood and struggle to understand
600	1	0	_aWittgenstein, Ludwig, _d1889-1951.
610	2	0	_aCatholic Church _xDoctrines.
650		0	_aLanguage and languages _xReligious aspects _xCatholic Church.
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