Indirect epistemic reasons and religious belief
If believing P will result in epistemically good outcomes, does this generate an epistemic reason to believe P, or just a pragmatic reason? Conceiving of such reasons as epistemic reasons seems to lead to absurdity, e.g. by allowing that someone can rationally hold beliefs that conflict with her ass...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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Religious studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 53, Issue: 2, Pages: 151-169 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religious conviction
/ Epistemic modal logic
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RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism |
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