Belief, credence, and faith

In this article, I argue that faith's going beyond the evidence need not compromise faith's epistemic rationality. First, I explain how some of the recent literature on belief and credence points to a distinction between what I call B-evidence and C-evidence. Then, I apply this distinction...

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Auteur principal: Jackson, Elizabeth (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Cambridge Univ. Press [2019]
Dans: Religious studies
Année: 2019, Volume: 55, Numéro: 2, Pages: 153-168
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Foi / Epistémè / Crédibilité / Rationalité
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophie de la religion
CB Spiritualité chrétienne
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Résumé:In this article, I argue that faith's going beyond the evidence need not compromise faith's epistemic rationality. First, I explain how some of the recent literature on belief and credence points to a distinction between what I call B-evidence and C-evidence. Then, I apply this distinction to rational faith. I argue that if faith is more sensitive to B-evidence than to C-evidence, faith can go beyond the evidence and still be epistemically rational.
ISSN:1469-901X
Contient:Enthalten in: Religious studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0034412518000446