Is the fact that other people believe in God a reason to believe? Remarks on the Consensus Gentium Argument.
According to The Consensus Gentium Argument from the premise: Everyone believes that God exists one can conclude that God does exist. In my paper I analyze two ways of defending the claim that somebody's belief in God is a prima facie reason to believe. Kelly takes the fact of the commonness...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2018]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 133-153 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Proof of God's existence
/ Epistemologische Überzeugung
/ Consensus
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism |
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Consensus gentium argument
B epistemic trust B Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski B common consent argument B Thomas Kelly B Epistemic Authority |
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