On Religious Skepticism

Abstract I seek to promote a fuller understanding of religious skepticism by defending five theses. These concern, respectively: its breadth, discussed in relation to theism on the one hand and naturalism on the other; why it should be distinguished from a general metaphysical skepticism; how it is...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal for the study of skepticism
1. VerfasserIn: Schellenberg, J. L. 1959- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2020
In: International journal for the study of skepticism
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Religionsphilosophie / Glaube / Skeptizismus / Areligiosität
RelBib Classification:AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus
VA Philosophie
weitere Schlagwörter:B Theism
B Irreligion
B Cultural Evolution
B Naturalism
B non-doxastic faith
B metaphysical skepticism
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract I seek to promote a fuller understanding of religious skepticism by defending five theses. These concern, respectively: its breadth, discussed in relation to theism on the one hand and naturalism on the other; why it should be distinguished from a general metaphysical skepticism; how it is supported by the consequences of recent cultural evolution, which at the same time enable new and stronger arguments for atheism; the relations it bears to non-doxastic religious faith; and, finally, its curious capacity in certain not uncommon circumstances to take the form of a soft irreligion that is widely approvable—even from a religious perspective.
ISSN:2210-5700
Enthält:Enthalten in: International journal for the study of skepticism
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22105700-BJA10006