The strength of faith and trust

While there has been considerable interest in the nature of faith and trust in recent philosophical literature, relatively little has been said about what it is for faith or trust to be psychologically stronger or weaker. Drawing on recent accounts of propositional faith by Daniel Howard-Snyder and...

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Auteur principal: Pace, Michael (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2017
Dans: International journal for philosophy of religion
Année: 2017, Volume: 81, Numéro: 1/2, Pages: 135-150
Sujets non-standardisés:B Belief
B Howard-Snyder, Daniel
B BELIEF & doubt
B BUCHAK, Lara
B Religion
B Risk
B Faith
B Trust
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Résumé:While there has been considerable interest in the nature of faith and trust in recent philosophical literature, relatively little has been said about what it is for faith or trust to be psychologically stronger or weaker. Drawing on recent accounts of propositional faith by Daniel Howard-Snyder and Lara Buchak, I argue that the strength of one's faith can vary in two distinct dimensions. The first primarily involves the extent to which one's confidence motivates one to take risks (and secondarily involves other cognitive and emotional factors). The second involves the resilience of the first dimension of strength to possible counterevidence.
ISSN:1572-8684
Contient:Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11153-016-9611-0