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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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2019]
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Religious studies
Année: 2019, Volume: 55, Numéro: 2, Pages: 153-168 |
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Foi
/ Epistémè
/ Crédibilité
/ Rationalité
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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. |
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ISSN: | 1469-901X |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412518000446 |