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...
| Publié dans: | International journal for the study of skepticism |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2020
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| Dans: |
International journal for the study of skepticism
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Philosophie des religions
/ Foi
/ Scepticisme
/ Irréligion
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophie de la religion VA Philosophie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Theism
B Irreligion B Cultural Evolution B Naturalism B non-doxastic faith B metaphysical skepticism |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (Verlag) |
| Résumé: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 2210-5700 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: International journal for the study of skepticism
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22105700-BJA10006 |