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Published on: 2007-05-31
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Can it be justifiable to commit oneself 'by faith' to a religious claim when its truth lacks adequate support from one's total available evidence In Believing by Faith, John Bishop defends a version of fideism inspired by William James's 1896 lecture 'The Will to Believe'. By critiquing both 'isolationist' (Wittgensteinian) and Reformed epistemologies of religious belief, Bishop argues that anyone who accepts that our publicly available evidence is equally open to theistic and naturalist/atheistic interpretations will need to defend a modest fideist position. This modest fideism understands theistic commitment as involving 'doxastic venture' - practical commitment to propositions held to be true through 'passional' causes (causes other than the recognition of evidence of or for their truth). While Bishop argues that concern about the justifiability of religious doxastic venture is ultimately moral concern, he accepts that faith-ventures can be morally justifiable only if they are in accord with the proper exercise of our rational epistemic capacities. Legitimate faith-ventures may thus never be counter-evidential, and, furthermore, may be made supra-evidentially only when the truth of the faith-proposition concerned necessarily cannot be settled on the basis of evidence. Bishop extends this Jamesian account by requiring that justifiable faith-ventures should also be morally acceptable both in motivation and content. Hard-line evidentialists, however, insist that all religious faith-ventures are morally wrong. Bishop thus conducts an extended debate between fideists and hard-line evidentialists, arguing that neither side can succeed in establishing the irrationality of its opposition. He concludes by suggesting that fideism may nevertheless be morally preferable, as a less dogmatic, more self-accepting, even a more loving, position than its evidentialist rival. What is Epistemology? Philosophy of Truth Knowledge Belief Epistemology is the investigation into the grounds and nature of knowledge itself. The study of epistemology focuses on our means for acquiring knowledge and how we ... Religious Epistemology Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Religious Epistemology. Belief in God or some form of transcendent Real has been assumed in virtually every culture throughout human history. The issue of the ... Locke John Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Locke John Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy ... ... Relationship between religion and science - Wikipedia The relationship between religion and science has been a subject of study since classical antiquity addressed by philosophers theologians scientists and others. The Will to Believe - Wikipedia The lecture. James' "The Will to Believe" and William K. Clifford's essay "The Ethics of Belief" are touchstones for many contemporary debates over evidentialism ... Philosophy News What is Knowledge? For Further Reading. Epistemology: Classic Problems and Contemporary Responses (Elements of Philosophy) Laurence BonJour One of the better introductions to the theory ... The Trinity Foundation - Scripturalism: A Christian Worldview Read translation in: Urdu Punjabi Portuguese . Editors note: This is a follow up to the last Review article by Dr. Crampton. Van Tilians have continued the same ... Fellows - Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics Professor Mark H. Bernstein PhD. holds the Joyce and Edward E Brewer Chair in Applied Ethics at Purdue University. He specialises in animal ethics more specifically ...
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