The Will Not to Believe
Is it permissible to believe that God does not exist if the evidence is inconclusive? In this paper, we give a new argument in support of atheistic belief modelled on William James's The Will to Believe. According to James, if the evidence for a proposition, p, is ambiguous, and believing that...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Netherlands
[2019]
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Sophia
Year: 2019, Volume: 58, Issue: 3, Pages: 511-523 |
RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God |
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Belief
B Atheism B James B Evidence B Fideism |
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